Electric cars key to driving change in UK's energy supply industry

The ability to make vehicle batteries part of the national grid will become reality next year, forcing utility firms to rethink their relationship with customersYou drive home and plug in your electric car, telling an app how many miles you need the next day. As you eat dinner, relax and sleep, your energy supplier takes control of your battery, using it to buy power when it's cheap, selling it back later when high demand pushes prices up.The company offers national and local power grids services from your battery, making more money that it will later split with you, perhaps as "free miles" for your car. Continue reading...