The EX90 could be a mobile generator during a blackout.
Volvo’s upcoming flagship electric vehicle,, will feature bidirectional charging capabilities with enough battery capacity to power a customer’s home, the company announced.
Bidirectional charging is quickly becoming a highly sought-after feature in many electric vehicles. And it works exactly like it sounds: with unidirectional EV chargers, electricity flows from the electric grid into the electric vehicle; with bidirectional EV chargers, electricity can flow both ways.
Volvo’s EX90, which will have its official debut in November, is the latest to boast the capability. Customers in “select markets” will be able to use the car’s lithium-ion battery to “power their homes and portable devices,” the company says. It can also be used to sell energy back to the grid. Customers in “select markets” will be able to use the car’s lithium-ion battery to “power their homes and portable devices”
Volvo isn’t alone in boosting the ability of a fleet of EVs operating as a virtual power plant of sorts.
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