Nissan uses electric vehicles to fuel power grids

Automaker teams with Mitsui and others to integrate EVs into energy infrastructure

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Electricity from parked Nissan EVs helped power facilities at the 2020 Sanriku Fireworks Festival in Iwate Prefecture.

TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor wants to get more than just miles out of its electric vehicles. The Japanese automaker also wants to plug its cars into the power grid, making use of vehicle batteries to provide clean electricity to towns when not on the road.

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