Connected Car
Key Points South Australia is the first state to allow electric vehicles to connect to its grid. The trial will turn battery-powered cars into renewable energy storage devices. The vehicle batteries could deliver "almost a megawatt of battery power" to the university. One Australian university will draw down power from electric cars parked on its campus in a world-first trial that could impact the way Australians fuel their homes . The trial comes eight months after South Australia became the first state to allow electric vehicles to connect to its grid, turning the battery-powered cars into renewable energy storage devices.