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The Nissan Leaf electric car can help save on electricity the owners of office buildings, according to Avtovesti.

Company Nissan is developing a program Vehicle-to-Building ("the building") for the rational use of electricity. As conceived by engineers, Parking lots, office buildings will receive a special device that can connect up to 6 Nissan Leaf electric cars at the same time.




In the afternoon, when the cost of electricity increased to the maximum, the power grid of the building to use the batteries of parked vehicles and thereby reduce the cost of electricity from the usual sources.

In the evening, the building will return to the cars borrowed from them the energy by purchasing it from the usual suppliers, but at reduced evening rates. Likewise, the electric car can supply energy to the dwelling of its owner.

This program will save up to 2.5% or up to 500 thousand yen per year. According to the company, the above figures were obtained in the experiment, put Nissan on the territory of one of the building's own technology centre.

Source: newsland.com