Using electric vehicles batteries to power households could save their owners thousands of dollars in bills while cutting emissions from the power grid, according to new research from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co.
Using electric vehicles batteries to power households could save their owners thousands of dollars in bills while cutting emissions from the power grid, according to new research from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co.
The team investigated scenarios related to vehicle-to-home charging, or V2H. This emerging technology lets EV drivers tap into energy from their vehicles’ batteries to help manage power to their homes. It’s almost like using EVs that are parked in garages as generators, but instead of burning gasoline, they provide electricity from their batteries that have been charged by the grid. The research is published in the journal Nature Energy.
“Putting vehicle batteries between the electricity grid and homes makes it possible for homes to buy electricity for all household uses when it is cheap and clean—for example, in the afternoon, when there is a lot of solar power—and to store it in the car’s battery for later use,” said Parth Vaishnav, assistant professor at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability, or SEAS.
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