Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G): Your Car as a Power Station
Electric vehicles are not just transport. They’re batteries on wheels — and soon they’ll be earning their keep.
What’s changing
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology lets your EV send power back into your home, workplace, or the grid.
It’s imminent in New Zealand, with CCS bi-directional standards now supported by most major car brands and export limits being lifted to 10 kW (single-phase) and 15 kW (three-phase).
That means your car, idle 90 % of the time in the garage, can now buy low and sell high — charging overnight on cheap geothermal or wind power, then discharging a portion of that energy during the morning and evening peaks when prices rise sharply.
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G): Your Car as a Power Station
Electric vehicles are not just transport. They’re batteries on wheels — and soon they’ll be earning their keep.
What’s changing
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology lets your EV send power back into your home, workplace, or the grid.
It’s imminent in New Zealand, with CCS bi-directional standards now supported by most major car brands and export limits being lifted to 10 kW (single-phase) and 15 kW (three-phase).
That means your car, idle 90 % of the time in the garage, can now buy low and sell high — charging overnight on cheap geothermal or wind power, then discharging a portion of that energy during the morning and evening peaks when prices rise sharply.
