California Has a Chance to Ensure EVs Get Even Better With Bidirectional Charging
We are well on our way to an electric transportation future, and that’s a good thing, too. Electrification is a key strategy to reduce climate warming and local air pollution emissions from the transportation sector. Of course, battery and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles need to obtain electricity from the grid and use that electricity directly as a fuel to power their electric motors. What’s more exciting about the EV transition is that the vehicle-grid relationship doesn’t have to be one-way.
An EV does not draw electricity from the grid while it is in use the way a refrigerator does; it draws electricity when it is plugged in and stores energy in its battery for use at a different time. Managed charging, load management, smart charging, and V1G are all terms that refer to charging in one direction, or unidirectionally, in a way that harnesses the flexibility most EVs have as to when and how they charge.
How does managed charging work in practice? In one example, an EV driver enrolled in a time-of-use rate with their local electric utility could set their vehicle or charger to begin charging shortly after the overnight, off-peak period begins, at say nine o’clock, rather than six o’clock when the driver arrives home from work or errands and plugs in.
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