- Toyota Motor Corporation TM Toyota Motor North America will collaborate with Oncor Electric Delivery, a Texas-based electric transmission and distribution company, on a near-vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot project.
- V2G is a technology that allows vehicles to feed energy from their batteries back into the electrical grid.
- The effort will be led by Toyota’s Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions (EVCS) team.
- This collaboration with a public utility marks the first for Toyota in the United States around battery electric vehicles (BEVs).
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- The research aims to allow Toyota and Oncor to better prepare to support the expanding EV charging ecosystem in the United States.
- The two companies have agreed to a research project that will use Oncor’s research and testing microgrid at its System Operating Services Facility (SOSF) in South Dallas.
- Price action: TM shares were trading down 1.66% at $142.24 at last check on Thursday.
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