Why we need a Smart Grid and Smart Meters

Netexporter

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Netexporter said:

lohr500 said:

I wonder if the extended EV manufacturer battery warranties witl be valid if  regularly used for load balancing?

My guess is that they'd be guaranteed to the mileage equivalent. In my case that is 80,000 miles and I get over 4 miles per kWh, so about 20,000kWh. If you transferred 10kWh per day that would be 2000 days, which is a year or so less than the time guarantee on the battery.

I'm sure it will keep the lawyers in brandy and cigars, so mustn't worry.

Some research suggests that V2G might improve EV battery life:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/carbon-cost-and-battery-conditioning-benefits-calculated-for-vehicle-to-grid-chargepoints#:~:text=Vehicle%2Dto%2Dgrid%20(V2G,one%20extra%20year%20of%20use.

Interesting. I can see that a car that is regularly DC charged would benefit from from some slow AC charging to allow the cells to properly balance. I imagine it could make the provision of workplace charging attractive, with the additional benefit of taking demand off public chargers.