Course: Vehicle-to-Grid Charging for Electric Cars

Four metrics can be used to measure market readiness for V2G. These are: Total size of the automotive market Current EV uptake rate Existing deployment level of EVSE Whether flexibility …

Politics can have a significant impact on the growth and development of any technology. Changing whims of politicians can make or break whole industries, as demonstrated by the different political …

As we learned in the previous step, V2G has mostly been deployed through research projects and trials. Some innovative businesses have taken V2G the next step into commercial operation. Non-domestic …

The fourth value proposition in this series, Benefit to Society, is essentially altruistic, or unselfish, in nature. It can be considered as investing in V2G to act as a small …

In weeks 1 and 2 we have explored V2G in terms of technical feasibility and the potential value propositions which could be used to form a business case. This week …

Striving to achieve personal net zero or increased self-sufficiency is the third consideration in this series as a value proposition for adopting V2G. The idea is to maximise the carbon …

Now we’ve introduced EVSE, let’s look at what V2G is with the help of a simple animation. Simply put, V2G, (as we will be using the term) is the system …

This course is unfacilitated, so you won’t see the course team in the comments. Instead there is space for you to work with other learners. The comments section is a …

James Krouse, acting director of the public sector market analysis for INPUT, said “If the business case is made and the money is needed, the money will be made available.” …

EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) is the equipment needed to charge an electric vehicle, made up of three main components – the chargepoint, a cable or connector and the plug …

Now that we know how V2G works electrically and the hardware components required, we can start to think about how a V2G eco-system is operated by discussing some of the …

In this step you will start to consider how the electrical design of a V2G system differs from a conventional unidirectional EV charging system. A conventional EV charging system must …

So far in the course we’ve been using the term V2G in its broadest sense, to refer to any form of bidirectional EV charging. However, for this step we will …

Some innovations happen spontaneously, while others occur in response to a need or problem. V2G was a combination of the two, starting as an interesting concept without a clear problem, …

As V2G develops, it has become clear that there are a range of ways the technology can meet the needs of customers. In the last step we heard about some …