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Top Technology of the Century
Vehicle-to-Grid Charging: Imagine a world where the roads are filled
with electronic vehicles. They create of a vast network of backup
batteries, with plugged-in cars feeding power back into the grid at
critical moments to help avoid outages. Then, electric car owners who
join the battery reserves could be credited or paid for their
occasional output. This type of capacity could mean overhauling the
nation's core electricity infrastructure, creating a truly smart grid
with two-way digital bandwidth on most power lines. Or it could simply
mean more advanced car chargers and/or smart meters, which would
communicate wirelessly with the local grid manager. Whatever the
approach, widespread vehicle-to-grid charging could mean years more
research and millions in funding, but the payoff — for the utilities,
as well as consumers — is too persuasive to not.
Smart Vehicles, or vehicles that speak to one another, using a combination of GPS data and short-range wireless signals, are a communication technology that may be seen within the century. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, one automaker featured an onboard communication system that analyzes traffic flow and traffic-light timing to present a driving route that's optimized for energy efficiency. The result of a more universal intelligent vehicle network could range from the simple, such as instant traffic advisories and collision alerts based on signals ahead, to the sublime — vehicles digitally chained together, each one following the lead vehicle's commands. With its combination of autonomous driving and old-fashioned drafting, platooning could reduce traffic congestion and improve fuel economy. That's just one possible application of intelligent vehicles — a milestone on the road to the fully self-driven automobile.
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