I am very keen for batteries. We have 20’ish kw of solar and so much is wasted because of export limits. If I could pump all that waste in to a battery to use over the peak period of an afternoon/evening we’d greatly reduce our bills.
Grab a new V2H/V2G charger as they start to come out and add it to an ecar.
https://zecar.com/reviews/bidirectional-v2h-and-v2g-ev-chargers-guide
The batteries on ecars are massive in conparison to home battieries.
https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/redearth-bidirectional-chargers-mb3054/
Was interested in this one as
Through a partnership agreement with ambibox, RedEarth will produce the devices from its facility at Darra in Brisbane’s south-west suburbs – the first company to manufacture (assemble?) bi-directional chargers locally.
But have to see how it compares
The Ambibox DC Wallbox is a flexible bidirectional charger supporting both V2G and V2H applications. It offers up to 22kW of charging power. It has even been used in experimental setups to enable bidirectional charging in vehicles not originally designed for it—such as the Tesla Model Y. It’s ideal for both residential and commercial use.
This is interesting
The Ambibox unit has been able to successfully discharge energy from several EV models during testing:
Tesla Model Y BYD Atto 3 Polestar 2 Volvo EX30
Got an EV too - 85kw’ish of battery ready to roll.
Would love to soak it up over peak period, then recharge it overnight at off peak rates. Doing that alone would be a big saving.
I wonder if this will also include extra subsidies for electric vehicles which support bidirectional charging. Could really help push for an increase in electric vehicle uptake if you can also use it as a battery overnight.
Hope this’ll be better regulated than the pink batts. Otherwise it’s not gonna be a good time when people opt for the cheapest batteries and cheapest tradies.
Statistically, how did the pink batt scheme fall short of your expectations/hopes?
They interviewed this guy in a van on today tonight. /s
“You wanna buy some speakers or what? The client ordered them and I can sell em to you now for cheap.”
I liked the idea… But, I have a massive pile of pink batts sitting above my bedroom at the moment (from before I bought the house). And they’re likely so compressed now, they’re unusable (I plan to replace them with cross thatched insulation to reduce sound from outside, as I only have blow in at the moment)
This is something I’ve been waiting for, for ages, and is the reason I didn’t get any previously (because the interest free loan didn’t make sense, because of the risk of batteries dropping faster than any savings from the loan)
If it’s a good deal, I’ll likely buy more Solar panels too and double them from 6.6kw (5kw inverter).
Obviously, wouldn’t be buying a tesla powerwall, but ideally something AC coupled still (so really hoping BYD makes something like that)
grab a BYD var and do this ?
https://zecar.com/reviews/bidirectional-v2h-and-v2g-ev-chargers-guide
I am want to sell my jeep… Been waiting for a 4wd which is cheap enough though, with enough range. Don’t need towing capacity at all, but need the capabilities if things go to crap (I operate a hiking group, and at least 1 or 2 overnight trips we went on, the weather turned to complete crap the next day and we needed high clearance to get out of it… But places like Falls Creek at 450km from me (so 900 round trip), so range is somewhat important too, but I do accept that on the way home from some of these things, I might charge
Ideally want an EV though with enough range. Of its a Hybrid, I’d only need something with only a tiny pissy petrol engine, for emergency use that can be disabled mostly.
Really, no idea why people wouldn’t want an EV if one suited
I think it’s taking longer for bidirectional to be legal in most parts of Australia, though that might be happening soon. V2G is going to be a game changer for reducing dependence on coal, can’t come soon enough!
Haha just read the article, it’s great to see the approval but appalling we apparently have zero compatible cars. I have a JDM grey import with Chademo and that tech has been bidirectional for over a decade. So dumb.
