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"The large storage capacity of electric vehicles (EVs), including cars, trucks,
buses and other forms of electrified transport currently sit under-utilised
most of the time.
That is because the early EV models were (and many still are) designed to only
store electricity to power the vehicles. Many manufacturers, however, have
announced bidirectional capability for their 2025 and 2026 model EVs which will
enable vehicle-to-home (V2H) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability.
In the meantime, utilities, EV manufacturers and EV charging companies are
beginning to experiment the practical feasibility of managing the aggregated
load of hundreds or thousands of EV batteries as a valuable resource just as is
currently done with utility-scale batteries (preceding article).
If you think this is pie in the sky, think again. In May 2024 Oakland Unified
School District announced that its 74 electrified buses and charging
infrastructure will begin to operate as a large bi-directional battery with 2.1
gigawatt hours (GWh) of energy, which it can arbitrage in the California
market.
It is the first major school district in the US to transition to a 100%
electrified bus system with V2G technology developed by Zum."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
