Vehicle to Grid Technology

Those in my network will already be aware of my passion for everything EV, and it won’t have come as a surprise to see my new job title was specific to EV and Battery technology. I’ve had a great start to life with OVO Energy, and i’d like to share a little bit of knowledge.

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging has become one of my key focuses, and it’s a fascinating technology.

Essentially, if your car is moving, the battery is powering the car. If your car is at home on charge, it is powering your house, or even exporting energy back to the national grid.

Your car will only export energy at times where demand from the grid is high, and it’ll charge during times of low demand. If you need to use the car, simply open an app, state how much charge you need and at what time, and the app will adjust your import/export cycle to ensure you have the charge level required.

When the papers want to scaremonger about electric cars, their go-to argument is normally that the national grid couldn’t handle all of these cars charging at once. 

With smart technologies like V2G, home battery and the “internet of things” we keep hearing about, the demand on the grid would be managed by a combination of fuels, including renewables and millions of electric cars importing and exporting.

Brilliant really, and oh so close!

PS - if you have a Nissan Leaf and are interested in V2G, drop me a line!