{"id":639707,"date":"2026-07-22T18:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639707"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:55:52","slug":"need-backup-power-automakers-want-you-to-look-no-further-than-their-vehicles-in-your-driveway-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639707","title":{"rendered":"Need backup power? Automakers want you to look no further than their vehicles in your driveway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Storm Uri, the multiday freeze that slammed Texas in February 2021 and pummeled the state&#8217;s power grid, has been on Kenneth Kovar&#8217;s mind ever since. Though the resident of New Braunfels, northeast of San Antonio, didn&#8217;t lose power at the time, he wasn&#8217;t able to run his septic tank &#8211; it is independent from local systems. He had to fill his toilets with water from his backyard pool.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/07\/22\/Climate_Automakers_Energy_46247_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" title=\"Need backup power? Automakers want you to look no further than their vehicles in your driveway\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Storm Uri, the multiday freeze that slammed Texas in February 2021 and pummeled the state&#8217;s power grid, has been on Kenneth Kovar&#8217;s mind ever since. Though the resident of New Braunfels, northeast of San Antonio, didn&#8217;t lose power at the time, he wasn&#8217;t able to run his septic tank &#8211; it is independent from&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639707\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Need backup power? Automakers want you to look no further than their vehicles in your driveway<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":639687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-639707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=639707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/639687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=639707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=639707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=639707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}