Integrating With The Grid

Published: April 26, 2018, 4:51 a.m.

On today's episode of It's Electric! Afeez welcomes Paul Martin back to the show to discuss integrating EV's into the grid: What works, and what doesn't work.

 

In This Episode:

  • The Myths of Grid Integration

  • Why vehicle to grid won't work

  • Battery cycling and the loss of capacity

  • Selling electricity back to the grid

 

“What can we do?”

“Cycling a battery costs money, there's wear and tear”

“The more cycling you do, the more capacity lost”

“Once you get up to a high state of charge, you're going to want to back off pretty quick”