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Electric Utilities Set to Test Smart Charging System with Plug-in Priuses

// November 10th, 2008 // Eco, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Tech

This is pretty cool. It sounds like our local utilities will be one of the test beds for the plug-in Toyota Prius. I don’t completely understand how the technology will work, but in theory, a plug-in in part works as an energy store for the electric company in off-peak times and ends up giving the owner credits for these holding times. I wonder how much of that offsets the cost of charging the vehicle. It seems like that would be a win-win for utility and owner alike. I’ll be keeping an eye on how this pans out for sure.

Electric Utilities Set to Test Smart Charging System with Plug-in Priuses