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When transmission lines fell, 16 electric vehicles fed power into the grid. It showed electric vehicles can provide the backup Australia needs (theconversation.com)

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[–] markstos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The article says the intent was to discharge for only 10 minutes. That’s perhaps long enough for the grid to failover to another source and re-balance.

I would love the idea of using the car battery to power my house temporarily during an outage and would readily donate 10 minutes of battery to the grid.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, discharge and then postpone recharge. The discharge seemed to work great but they all mostly recharged as soon possible.