How A Handful of Australians Are Powering Their Homes and the Grid With Their Electric Cars...and Profiting From it

14 Feb 2025 | Abstracted from The Conversation

"Fewer than ten people across Australia actually do this, because the technology - known as Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) - is very new.. announced new Australian standards and communications protocols for bidirectional chargers in a bid to make it mainstream...small profit of about A$1,000 annually..."

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