Edited sentence: Coupled with a Vehicle-to-Grid power system, an electric vehicle could provide electricity to the power grid, not just receive electricity from it.Even if coal powered electricity is used, pollution and CO2 production would be far less than a traditional automobile fleet...The E-REV technology of the Volt has many implications.The environmental implications of driving a vehicle that for 70% of all Americans would need no fuel (driven only within electric range) are impressive, if wind or solar power is utilized to charge the batteries.The reduction in oil consumption may have far reaching effects if the E-REV technology is widely adopted, since most oil use is for transportation, and most of that is for automobiles