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Standards to unlock V2G

Mass adoption of electric vehicles presents opportunities for significant battery deployment to support our grid and power our homes. Developing and adopting standards for vehicle-to-grid bidirectional technology is needed to accelerate the path to these opportunities, reports pv magazine USA’s Tim Sylvia.

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Tim Sylvia

11 Feb 2022

V2G tech exists in three forms, yet no standards sufficiently cover all of them. | Image: Electrify America

Electric vehicles (EVs) offer a glimpse into a variety of next-generation technologies, like over-the-air updates, driver assist, automated parallel parking, and central entertainment interfaces that can double as video game consoles. And while these innovations represent a new era for the automobile industry, perhaps the biggest contribution to the energy transition from EVs will not …

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