Get paid to plug in

Alan Boyle / msnbc.com
A Toyota Scion converted to all-electric power is plugged into California’s electrical
grid during a demonstration at the annual meeting of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science in San Diego.



Someday, someone will pay you to hook your car into the electrical grid. It’s one of those almost-a-sure-thing business opportunities enabled by the expected rise of plug-in vehicles. But will the payoff be worth the cost? That’s where the calculations get a little complicated.

Experts on the future of the electrical grid and plug-in electric cars came together this week in San Diego at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science to discuss their common interests.

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