Your Electric Car Can Provide Emergency Backup Power for Less Than $1,000

By Ray Bosenbecker

 

This February, I went to bed thinking of the people affected by the pandemic and millions around the U.S. who lost power due to extreme weather.

 

Could gas generators ($600), natural gas generators ($10,000), small lithium-ion power supplies ($700), or Tesla storage batteries ($10,000) or my 2013 Chevy Volt battery provide home backup power with Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) or Vehicle-to Grid (V2G)? It can with some modifications! Figures 1, 2, 3,4,5,6.

 

What if the millions of electric vehicles (EV), (cars, trucks, buses, aircraft etc.) were designed to share part of their stored battery power through a transfer switch to homes, hospitals, schools or businesses in an emergency? Figure 7.

 

In five years, EVs and their battery capacity will increase exponentially. Figure 8. EV makers can multiply EV benefits by increasing our National Grid’s storage capacity, reliability, security, and help our neighbors. 

 

The technology exists for V2H, V2G, Vehicle-to-Work (V2W), Vehicle-to-Emergency (V2E) and Vehicle-to-Play (V2P) and should be available.

 

The Ford F-150 hybrid truck demonstrated V2W, V2E & V2P.Figure 9. It’s $750 optional 7.2 KWh inverter suggests it’s possible, in quantities, EV manufactures like Tesla, GM, Ford, Toyota, Honda etc. can provide a V2H option for about $1,000. Figure 10. Fleets of V2G buses and delivery trucks will follow using lessons from the Bluebird and Lion school bus V2G pilot programs. Figure 11.

 

To get these technologies in your next EV; share your concern with EV manufacturers, government representatives and power companies. To learn more visit https://evbackuppower.blogspot.com/. 

 

Change the paradigm that an EV is only for transportation and look at its possibilities as a mobile power resource. Figure 12. Let’s not wait 130 years it took for the electric car to mature.