I wish we had more V1G, aka grid-interactive charging.
It's extremely unsexy, but upon further inspection it's surprisingly great. It doesn't add costly cycles to the onboard traction battery, but it still can provide similar grid services (virtual spinning inertia, demand response, distribution network balancing, etc). Better yet it should be a software update for every existing electric car, even those without bidirectional hardware.
Ideally I could tell my car, "always charge to [40]% immediately, then charge to [80]% by [8 AM] [Weekdays]." Then the car automatically participates in a fleet battery scheme, earning me money overnight by providing grid services.
Bonus points if it also knows that I have TOU metering, and automatically optimizes for minimum cost.
It's extremely unsexy, but upon further inspection it's surprisingly great. It doesn't add costly cycles to the onboard traction battery, but it still can provide similar grid services (virtual spinning inertia, demand response, distribution network balancing, etc). Better yet it should be a software update for every existing electric car, even those without bidirectional hardware.
Ideally I could tell my car, "always charge to [40]% immediately, then charge to [80]% by [8 AM] [Weekdays]." Then the car automatically participates in a fleet battery scheme, earning me money overnight by providing grid services.
Bonus points if it also knows that I have TOU metering, and automatically optimizes for minimum cost.