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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

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Not only will electric vehicles with bidirectional charging capability be able to draw electrical power for their high-voltage battery when plugged into a compatible charging station or wallbox, they will also have the ability to reverse the process and feed energy back into the power grid.

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Sunrun launches V2H pilot in Maryland using Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The project uses Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks to deliver power to owners’ homes during peak demand times to support Maryland’s power grid. Sunrun is networking and monitoring the enrolled F-150 Lightning trucks as they share stored energy during dispatch windows between the hours of 5 and 9 pm on weekdays.

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Sunrun launches the US’s first vehicle-to-home power plant using customer-owned Ford F-150 Lightnings

Baua Electric

Photo: Sunrun Solar + storage provider Sunrun has launched the US’s first vehicle-to-home power plant using customer-owned bidirectional Ford F-150 Lightning electric trucks. Vehicle-to-home power plants Bidirectional charging technology allows EVs to both draw power from the grid and send stored energy back to homes.

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Introduction to V2H and V2G

Setec Powerr

The V2G system consists of intelligent interactive terminals, energy storage bidirectional converters, on-grid and off-grid automatic switching devices and accessories. V2G mainly realizes the power interaction between electric vehicles and the power grid. Compared with V2H, V2G is more attractive to everyone.

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CoBank report finds that troubled US grid may need to use EVs for grid balancing

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But as grid management technologies evolve, this manual upstream coordination might give way to an increase in downstream controls, with a greater amount of electricity "traffic flow” coordinated at the distribution level.

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Is the world building far more battery factories than it will need? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Existing firms could find themselves out of business if prices drop below sustainable levels. Meanwhile, prices for new and used EVs alike are falling, and automakers such as Ford are scaling back their EV expansion plans in the middle of a price war for battery-electric cars and trucks.

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Volkswagen Group sets up new group company for energy and charging: Elli

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A high-end DC charging station with 22 kW can make the electric car an energy storage system and part of the smart grid of the future thanks to bidirectional charging and connection to an energy management system. Stationary battery storage will also play a key role in this context in the future.

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