Software and power-management services that let utilities and building owners use parked electric vehicles as backup batteries and grid-balancing capacity.
Vehicle-to-grid aggregation & backup power services
Wired’s July 27, 2026 piece argues the power-grid solution might be sitting in your driveway: as bidirectional charging arrives and grid stress worsens, millions of parked EVs could be pooled into a virtual power plant. That convergence makes this a timely area to explore now.
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The news behind it
- Jul 27, 2026 Wired: The Solution to the Power Grid's Woes Might Just Be Sitting in Your Driveway
