First: This is a big step forward in developing greater grid reliability and would reduce the need for creating utility-size battery storage. Every car in every garage or driveway would be a distributed stored energy source.

Second: It could reduce the cost of EV ownership. https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1387514370259787776

Listening to @JoeBiden speaking to Congress last night, one theme came up over & over: mobilizing to provide good jobs in the fight against #ClimateChange.

That will require this type of cooperation & innovation. We must do our part to develop & implement technologies like this.

Reading the thread of responses to @mzjacobson shows just how thoughtfully this project was approached

U.S. cities are proud of recently deployed shared bicycles. Meanwhile, the Netherlands is implementing shared cars & a connected grid to use their batteries for storage.

. @FERC @RichGlickFERC @ssteingraber1 @bethanyyarrow @Curt_Nordgaard @itai_vardi @HirokoTabuchi @stapf @enckj

That seems to be the very definition of infrastructure improvement.

We’re a little late to the game - but let’s move forward asap.

See this thread for inspiration: https://twitter.com/aukehoekstra/status/1387514347518365698