In tropical urban environments, integrating solar power faces challenges from unpredictable thunderstorms that cause sudden drops in solar photovoltaic (PV) output, potentially leading to power grid instability. Markus Schläpfer from Columbia Engineering proposes a solution using electric vehicles (EVs) as distributed energy storage units to mitigate these fluctuations. Tropical cities like Singapore can benefit from this approach due to their intense solar irradiance, despite the rapid onset of thunderstorms that can dramatically decrease solar PV output.