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electric cars as storage

nomis64
nomis64 Posts: 15 Forumite
in Green & ethical MoneySaving
Is anyone doing this? If an e-car is charged ovenight, most will not empty it in a typical commute so when the driver gets home it will still be carrying energy bought at night rates. Why not plug in the car and use the left over on board charge to boil kettles/cook dinner/do washing and then recharge the car overnight when the cheap rate kicks in?

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  • EVandPV
    EVandPV Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    Lots of talk about it on here. Not so sure if anyone's actually doing it yet but do a search for "V2G" or V2H" (vehicle to grid, vehicle to home).
    Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,701 Forumite
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    Does it output 240V AC?
  • Solarchaser
    Solarchaser Posts: 1,722 Forumite
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    It does the reverse of the car charger, converting ac to DC, in v2g /v2h it converts the dc to mains ac
    West central Scotland
    4kw sse since 2014 and 6.6kw wsw / ene split since 2019
    24kwh leaf, 75Kwh Tesla and Lux 3600 with 60Kwh storage
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 4,932 Forumite
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    EVandPV wrote: »
    Lots of talk about it on here. Not so sure if anyone's actually doing it yet but do a search for "V2G" or V2H" (vehicle to grid, vehicle to home).

    Link to the V2H and V2G thread.

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6070581/v2h-and-v2g
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
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