Cars could be the thin end of the wedge for a modernizing electricity sector.
The move to electric cars and electric hybrid vehicles in the US has been slow, but the comparative popularity of new models being offered by mainstream automakers on a broader scale are raising the profile of vehicles and mobility as a mechanism for updating the swiftly-aging US power grid.
Volkswagen said today it would launch its XL1 two-seater, a plug-in electric hybrid vehicle that can be recharged from a conventional household electric outlet. Keep reading →