Comments on: The game changer

By: Duncan Jack

Duncan Jack — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:04:44 +0000

Thought provoking article. I agree, linking transport and electricity supply has the potential to shake up the energy sector. But it might just shake the transport sector up too.

It is difficult to see how a simple vehicle manufacturer can have any sort of ongoing relationship with customers if we are all using shared vehicles and we’re purchasing transport as a service rather than owning our own cars.

But a shared services company that sells heat as a service, power as a service, transport as a service etc. now that’s a different proposition.

By: New Power

New Power — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:58:46 +0000

Nissan is doing lots of interesting things but I don’t think it’s taken a power supply licence.

By: David Dundas

David Dundas — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:36:57 +0000

Good thoughts, but you forget that Nissan has already been in the EV power supply business for some time by participating in the rollout of charging points; I know this as we are now on our second Nissan Leaf having upgraded from the first version. What you could have mentioned is the move of the oil companies away from the supply of a liquid fuel to supplying hydrogen gas for electric cars, otherwise called fuel cell EVs (FCEVs); I doubt that they will go the pure electric route, rather they are already supplying hydrogen through hydrogen filling points located in petrol/diesel stations. Shell is well advanced in this teaming up in this country with ITM Power who do the hydrogen hardware, which includes locally electrolysed gas from the electric grid at off-peak times. When you consider that you can call a hydrogen powered taxi in London from Green Tomato taxis:
https://www.greentomatocars.com/,
the coming of hydrogen will be a much bigger game changer in the power market.