Use Your Car To Power Your House

itwbennett writes "Nissan has developed a system that allows a vehicle to supply electricity to power a house during a power outage or shortage. A prototype of the charging system running on a Nissan Leaf electric car was unveiled in Japan on Tuesday. A two-way charging device that would typically convert the household electricity supply to a voltage suitable for charging the car's battery can be reversed to feed power back into the household circuit."

Re:not that simple

[cranky_chemist]

Actually, linemen have, in fact, been electrocuted by improperly connected generators. This is NOT an urban legend.

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=38786 [electricenergyonline.com]