Multimillion-dollar bid to make electric fleets pay up

Key points

• A three-year trial of up to 130 electric vehicles will test whether their batteries can ease pressure on the electricity grid and earn money while parked. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency announced the $5.35 million project with Jet Charge, AGL and the ACT government.
• It is set to be Australia's biggest commercial deployment of vehicle-to-grid technology, which sends power from car batteries back into the grid during high demand.
• Many of the vehicles are used for in-home health services during the day and can be connected to the grid overnight.