Where did I park my house charger?
Posted on by Kolbe
We’ve all been there. A big storm hits, and the power goes out. Best-case scenario is it comes back on in a few minutes; worst-case scenario, the power stays out for a day or more. When the latter is the case, it is miserable. A lucky few may have generators, but even then you need to make sure you have gas at the ready to power the generator. With electric and fuel cell cars on the rise, a lot of homes will have a car in their garage that will be acting like a giant battery. Thanks to some innovation coming from the people at Toyota, we might soon be able utilize that car’s stored power to run our houses during an emergency. People at Toyota are working on an adaptor that would allow the car to be plugged into your home’s power grid. They say the car would be able to supply enough power to run a house for a week in an emergency. If you needed any more incentive to buy an electric or fuel cell car, this is one heck of a benefit to having one in your garage.