“We could have run it for at least four nights and then have to go charge the car somewhere.”
Dialysis Disaster
After a storm and flash flooding knocked out the power in south-east Queensland, Australia, a local woman used her electric car to power her son’s life-saving dialysis machine.
It’s a tale that highlights the very real advantages of having a massive battery pack parked outside your home. An increasing number of EV makers are equipping their vehicles with the ability to act as a power supply, allowing those without power to charge their devices. Some companies, like Ford, take this to the next level by allowing their vehicles to feed into the grid, powering entire homes.
Kristy Holmes, who lives on Australia’s Gold Coast, used her Atto 3 — a popular Tesla alternative built by Chinese competitor BYD that isn’t currently available in the US — to power her 11-year-old’s dialysis machine on Christmas Day.
“We ran it off the…
