A plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) is any motor vehicle with rechargeable battery packs that can be charged from the electric grid, and the electricity stored on board drives or contributes to drive the wheels for propulsion.
Electrification is the replacement of internal combustion and mechanical drive with vehicles driven by electric motors, powered either by electricity stored in batteries, or fuel cells, which create electricity from hydrogen stored on board.
Plug-in electric vehicles offer users the opportunity to sell electricity stored in their batteries back to the power grid, thereby helping utilities to operate more efficiently in the management of their demand peaks.
GM promises that this vehicle, a plug-in electric hybrid, will travel as far as 40 miles just on electricity stored in its batteries.
The electricity stored in off-peak hours could be quite low in cost, and prices at peak hours could be quite high.
Electric car owners could theoretically sell some of the electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when their vehicles are not needed.
The car will be driven by electricity stored in a lithium-ion battery pack that allows it to run 40 miles without gasoline.
In the daytime, when the sun is at its strongest, solar panels like these and electricity stored in car batteries will be able to power the grid with affordable, emission-free energy.
A panel of photovoltaic cells captures light and converts it into electricity stored in rechargeable batteries.
