BLACKSBURG, Va., July 6 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
Automakers say the batteries that power electric vehicles could provide a new way to store energy to help meet the growing electricity demand from data centers, artificial intelligence, transportation electrification and manufacturing reshoring.
Last month, Ford Motor Co.'s stock surged after it announced a plan to repurpose electric vehicle, or EV, batteries as energy storage systems for electric utilities and data centers. General Motors later followed suit with plans to develop a new type of battery that could support data centers and increase vehicle-to-grid capabilities.
Virginia Tech engineering experts Ali Mehrizi-Sani...