Audi isn’t going to let rival automakers like BMW and Tesla corner the market on home batteries. The German badge is testing a Smart Energy Network where solar-powered batteries not only help your home minimize use of the electrical grid, but talk to each other. The result is, as Audi put it, a “virtual power plant” — households collectively feed power into the grid and help balance overall consumption.
Audi smart home battery grid creates a ‘virtual power plant’
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