Using the Nissan LEAF to Power Homes
Published Tuesday, 21 June, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: Green.
Nissan is working to enable LEAF electric vehicle (EV) owners to use the energy reserves of the cars' batteries to power homes during rolling blackouts. After the crisis in Japan, Nissan knows how blackouts can affect daily operations. According to Hideaki Watanabe, Global Head of Zero Emission Vehicles, Nissan, the LEAF battery stores a maximum of 24 kWh - enough energy to power a U.S. house for roughly a day.
Nissan's initiative bodes extremely well for LEAF drivers in Japan who are very eager to see the idea come to fruition. Watanabe says, "Some people are saying that instead…