Our Radio friend has reinvented exactly what occurs.
See Future of the Australian Electricity Market
and Tesla Energy Plan | Tesla Australia
and Australian researchers to study how Tesla car batteries can power grid | Reuters
This last article was the very first to appear on a basic search.
Its on Teslas bloody website. Radio Man didn't even bother to read the front page of the very system he was criticising.
It is obvious that a car owner with a massive battery would suck in cheap solar/wind energy during the day/off-peak and "sell" it back on-demand during peak.
Its obvious.
On compulsion, that won't be necessary. I've watched three people that have electric cars at my building. They get home and plug it in automatically. I'd wager that if their carpark at work has a charger they'd plug it in. Leaving it plugged in while parked will become as automatic as locking the car (who even thinks about it any more, just subliminally press the button as one walks away!). There will sit a million cars with massive batteries ready to pump up the network.
As an aside, I was considering upgrading the HSV to a new motor (also a '59 VW Beetle). I enquired with the Strata Managers about putting in smart chargers. They are $2000 each and there is talk to put them in a large number of the spots.
I think the future is VERY bright (assuming we don't go to war with China next month!)
edit - this just popped up (cos THEY aren't watching, are they! :rolleyes:) Tesla's virtual power plant had its first event helping the grid – looks like the future | Electrek