Australian researchers to study how Tesla car batteries can power grid – EQ Mag Pro

SYDNEY: Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) on Wednesday said it would recruit Tesla Inc car owners around the world to analyse if the vehicle’s spare battery capacity could support the energy grid and even power homes in the future.

The university has partnered with analytics platform Tesla scope for the research project, which it said would be a world-first trial that would check how owners of electric vehicles (EV) currently drive and charge their vehicles.

For the first phase of the study, Tesla owners in Australia…Read More...