emergency

Toyota Prius Becomes Emergency Generator With Special Kit

Last year's East Coast power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy illustrated just how much we rely on electricity in our daily lives. Virtually everything we rely on day to day requires power. No power means no hot water for washing, no refrigerated food, and often, no way of cooking. After the...

January 31, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3

Electric Cars Used As Emergency Power: DoD Begins Tests

January 24, 2013 10

Using A Hybrid For Emergency Power: Tough Choice

November 13, 2012 3

Assessing Sandy: Are Electric Cars A Better Bet In Emergencies?

November 5, 2012 13

Nissan Leaf-To-Home Power Station: Will It Make It To U.S.?

Eighteen months after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan, electric cars are viewed there in a whole new light—as portable sources of emergency... October 19, 2012 by John Voelcker 17

NHTSA To Treat Crashed Electric Cars With More Respect After Volt Blaze

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is considering adopting a new set of procedures for tow trucks and wrecking yards to follow when dealing with... November 15, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1

AAA's Mobile Electric Vehicle Charging truck

Your Electric Car Out Of Juice? AAA Tests Roadside Recharging

Everyone makes mistakes once in a while, and we’re sure most drivers have run out of gasoline at least once in their life. But as the saying goes, it's hard to carry a... November 7, 2011 by John Voelcker 4

Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota Turn Electric Cars Into Backup Batteries

Ask most people which car would be best to have in a disaster and they’re likely to name something like a Humvee. While the now deceased gas-guzzling Humvee be good for... July 21, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4

Feeling Flat? The AAA Will Soon Be Able To Charge You Up

What happens when your electric car runs out of charge? It’s a question we regularly get asked by readers and its one that for a while, there’s only been one real... July 20, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1

2011 Nissan Leaf, Nashville, October 2010

Roving Recharge Truck from Nissan to Aid Dead Electric Cars

Japanese electric car owners in eastern Prefecture of Kanagawa can now drive easy without the fear of being stranded with a flat battery pack thanks to a new pilot project... June 6, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6

Mitsubishi Turns 2012 ‘i’ into Portable Emergency Power Station

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) isn’t a new concept, and is the name given to technology which gives plug-in vehicles the ability to feed power stored in their battery packs back... June 1, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 5

Mobile EV Charger: Cure For Range Anxiety Or Unnecessary Extra?

Earlier this week Swiss-based Nation-E announced the Angel Car, a vehicle which the company says will aide stranded electric cars with flat battery packs. Designed to help... September 15, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 11

Wrecked Toyota Prius owned by Elizabeth James, photo by Ted James, from Houston Press

How Do First Responders Act Around a Crashed Hybrid or EV?

Once more, a reader question prompts us to share the answer with our entire green car audience. In this case, it's about how first responders should approach accidents that... July 7, 2010 by John Voelcker 3