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If Nissan succeeds, you may not want to pay for a parking area if your electric car has some battery life. Autoblog notes that the automaker has opened an exhibition area in Yokohama, the Pavilion, which allows it to pay for parking by sending electric power from the Leaf and other electric cars to the building. You may not have to worry about the charge of (beyond what it costs to recharge elsewhere, of course) if you are determined to see the Ariya crossover or get a taste of Formula E racing.
It’s meant as a demonstration of Nissan’s Energy Share and electricity storage technologies, such as the use of Leaf cars to power homes and city infrastructure during disasters. The exhibition, which also highlights connected car and semi-autonomous driving tech, is open until October 23rd.
The implications are, of course, much broader. This suggests a long-term in which construction and park homeowners will likely ask you to provide a percentage of their electricity to reduce or eliminate parking charges. You’ll probably have to pay for electricity at some point (if only by installing solar panels at home), and it wouldn’t be unexpected for some operators to continue evaluating cash to reduce urban congestion. However, when this electricity payment makes sense, you can also reduce the load while keeping the luminaires on.