Toshiba unveils Charge Grid system at the Smart Grid Exhibition 2010 in Tokyo

The Smart Grid Exhibition 2010 in Tokyo saw the unveiling of Toshiba’s new baby, the “Charge Grid” system. This one compromises of a Rechargeable Li-Ion battery, Rapid Charger and Bidirectional Inverter and assumes that your building has a crown of photovoltaic panels exploiting the sun and the four-wheeler you have packed down there is an electric one. Specially designed for the environmentally friendly and eco-conscious consumers, the Charge Grid works simply by channeling the surplus energy generated by the panels into juice for the EV.

Surplus energy generated is used to charge Li-Ion batteries, which then juice the batteries of your EV with a Rapid Charge system. The Bidirectional Inverter connects the Power Grid and the Li-Ion batteries, with energy from the buildings power grid used to charge the batteries at night. Adopting a Charge Grid could indeed power up our lives very differently, decreasing our dependence on the city grid and reducing carbon footprints.

[Akihabaranews]