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"A new report is calling for Australia to get on the front foot in the shift to
electric cars by ensuring as many EVs as possible are enabled to act as
“batteries on wheels” and can soak up plentiful solar during the day and use it
to “provide almost any service the grid needs.”
Vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, is an emerging technology that holds promise for
enhancing grid stability, managing peak demand, and better integrating
renewables, while also offering big potential financial benefits for energy
consumers, including those without an EV.
But as EV uptake starts to ramp up in Australia, aided in part by the
introduction of the National Vehicle Efficiency Standard in January 2025, the
concern is that under the NVES Australia will import thousands of EVs that will
not be V2G-enabled.
The
Batteries on Wheels report, prepared for the Solar Citizens by Ajaya
Haikerwal and Gabrielle Kuiper, calls on governments and regulators to take
urgent action to prevent this from happening, by setting V2G standards for EVs
imported to Australia.
And it sets out the other pieces of the puzzle that will need to fall into
place in Australia – changes to technical and regulatory energy market
standards, policy incentives, tariff reviews, and more – to ensure that we can
take full advantage of V2G enabled EVs when they come.
According to the report, while all EVs are capable of smart charging, very few
that are currently sold in Australia are capable of V2X (also known as
vehicle-to-everything), and fewer still are V2G-enabled.
In fact, there are only three EV models in Australia capable of V2G, the report
says; two of them plug-in hybrid EVs (with relatively much smaller batteries
around 13-20 kW) and one the all-electric Nissan Leaf. And all of these use a
type of charger Australia – and the world – is leaning away from (CHAdeMO)."
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
