"I don’t like talking about vehicle-grid integration as something in the future," said Preston Roper, head of e-mobility at Enel X Way North America. "It’s actually happening today." The company has sold 60,000 of its intelligent charging systems in demonstration programs around the world.

GreenBiz has recently featured an article on vehicle-to-grid technology, which is becoming more of an everyday thing instead of some distant future attribute. Using V2G allows the consumers to lower the cost of ownership of an electric vehicle while offering a potential emergency power source. Read more about the future entering your present life here.