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"You’ve heard about how electric cars have things like flat floors, so-called
‘frunks’ for additional storage, and how the removal of engines, transmissions
and drivelines allow automakers to experiment with more unconventional designs.
It’s all good stuff, but the really life-changing features of EVs will come
from how we use the battery.
Features like vehicle-to-load - which allows you to power devices externally
using an EV’s charging port in reverse, or the more advanced vehicle-to-grid
(V2G) which uses the same technology to dispense enough power for your whole
home, or even sell energy back to the power grid.
This technology isn’t just a pipe dream. While the promising vehicle-to-grid
technology is currently experiencing some bureaucratic hurdles in Australia,
there are already a few models which are ready to support the technology when
it can be used, like the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which are
V2G capable thanks to their Japanese-standard CHAdeMO charging port.
V2L, on the other hand, can be used today, and as I’ve found in my time testing
many electric cars in the last two years, it can be transformative in the way
you think about and use an EV."
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
