Electric Vehicles Could Become a Blackout Solution in California
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.This Summer’s Hottest UmbrellaChris Bowe was preparing for his daughter’s ninth birthday party in February when a drenching storm knocked out power to his neighborhood in Hayward, California. Minutes before the party began, Bowe connected his electric Ford F-150 Lightning to a panel in his garage, sending electricity from the pickup truck to his house.“It was dark out, parents were dropping off their kids, and our house was lit up,”…