Fiat Chrysler to test vehicle-to-grid technology with
700-car fleet
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 [September 19, 2019] TURIN
(Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler will set up an experimental fleet of up to 700
electric cars to test vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, which allows
power grids to use energy stored in car batteries to face demand during
peak hours.
FCA is taking its first steps into electric mobility as the
Italian-American carmaker moves on from its failed $35 billion bid to
merge with France's Renault, a pioneer in electric vehicles.
FCA on Thursday signed an agreement with Italy's national grid operator
Terna to jointly test a technology enabling electric vehicles to
interact with the grid, through charging infrastructure.
The project will include a feasibility study to launch an experimental
demonstration fleet of cars connected to the grid via V2G infrastructure
to be built in FCA's Mirafioni plant in Turin, the two companies said in
a statement.
"We'll start with the electric Cinquecento (Fiat car model)," said
Pietro Gorlier, FCA's chief operating officer for the EMEA region.
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COO of EMEA Fiat Chrysler Pietro Gorlier speaks during the ceremony
to mark the installation of the first robot on the production line
for the new electric Fiat 500 BEV at the Mirafiori industrial
complex on the 80th birthday of the plant in Turin, Italy July 11,
2019. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
"The project will kick off in the coming months, we plan to reach 600-700 test
vehicles by 2020-21".
FCA will start producing a full electric version of its Cinquecento mini car in
Mirafiori by the second quarter of next year.
Hybrid plug-in versions of the Jeep Compass and Renegade, a new plug-in Alfa
Romeo compact SUV, the Tonale, and a mild-hybrid Panda compact car, were also
expected in 2020.
(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari; editing by Jason Neely)
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