The grid was melting down in last week’s heat – until EVs came to the rescue

As last week’s relentless heat wave strained power grids, critics feared that the record number of electric vehicles on the push them over the edge. Instead, the opposite happened: EVs helped utilities keep the lights on and the AC running by feeding the electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid.

• Source: https://electrek.co/2026/07/05/the-grid-was-melting-down-in-last-weeks-heat-until-evs-came-to-the-rescue/