100 years ago Henry Ford and Thomas Edison ceded automobile transport from electric to the internal combustion engine. In doing so, Ford and Edison gifted the oil industry the most lucrative recurring revenue stream ever seen and what is now the largest generator of greenhouse gas emissions and the third largest industry behind only food and alcohol.
Today, for the first time, car and electric companies have the opportunity to regain that lost recurring income: through the sale of electricity charging EVs. This represents vast amounts of electricity, which can be renewable and clean, reducing the GHG emissions and export of trillions of dollars overseas. Additionally, electric car companies can tap into "grid services" revenues: rather than turn on an expensive and dirty peaker plant, utilities pay the OEMs, through companies such as Enel X Way, to reduce charging load during specific times. Through smart, self-learning algorithms "in the cloud" drivers, of course, would still get their cars fully charged when they need them.