As electric vehicle (EV) sales rise, the big question for power grid operators, charging companies and governments is how to run tens of millions of vehicles without crashing local networks or spending billions on grid upgrades.
Nearly 20% of new cars sold in the Netherlands and almost 12% in Britain in 2021 were fully electric.
"To handle this we need smart charging solutions because we don't want to over-invest in the grid," said Sture Portvik, who heads Oslo's charging infrastructure efforts.Connected Kerb aims to have 190,000 UK on-street chargers by 2030, enabling it to predict consumer charging patterns for grid operators and offer lower rates when the available renewable energy is abundant, said Pateman-Jones.
Some UK energy providers already offer low off-peak rates for home smart charging, but few EV owners use them. "We see a lot of positive response from customers when their utility is offering those rates," said Anthony Harrison, ChargePoint's North American head of utility partnerships."We decided to keep it simple for our customers," said Blink CEO Michael Farkas."The whole idea behind bidirectional charging is to balance the grid," said We Drive Solar's Berg, who estimates a fully charged EV can power the average home in the Netherlands for a week.
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