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What is bidirectional charging and why should you care? Read the CNET Cover Story here: What If Your EV Could Power Your Home During a Blackout? 00:00 Bidirectional charging 00:25 What is bidirectional charging? 01:25 Different types of bidirectional charging 02:51 The advantages of bidirectional charging 03:30 Challenges to bidirectional charging Subscribe to CNET: Never…

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What is bidirectional charging and why should you care?

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What If Your EV Could Power Your Home During a Blackout?

00:00 Bidirectional charging
00:25 What is bidirectional charging?
01:25 Different types
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02:51 The advantages of bidirectional charging
03:30 Challenges to bidirectional charging

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35 Comments

  1. Derek Darling

    October 25, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    ChaDeMo like on the Nissan leaves sold outside the US have been capable of car to house bidirectional charging for over 15 years now 😎

  2. whitehorse1959

    October 25, 2023 at 12:25 pm

    There’s these things called portable generators, see? They use liquid fuels and are awesomely convenient – and they don’t reduce range on your battery electric vehicle.

    • Chunks

      October 25, 2023 at 1:10 pm

      The energy conversion efficiency is pretty low though no? You’re wasting most of the liquid energy to heat energy and pretty little useful energy

    • whitehorse1959

      October 25, 2023 at 1:16 pm

      @Chunks – It converts more efficiently than wind or solar and has the added benefit of making a certain gas that is made from carbon and oxygen which feeds plants via photosynthesis! Win – win -win!

    • Edward Hoffenheim

      October 25, 2023 at 2:03 pm

      ​@whitehorse1959Are you sponsored by oil refineries?

    • Kenneth M

      October 25, 2023 at 3:29 pm

      ​@Edward HoffenheimDo you normally speak before knowing?

    • Theodore Haskins

      October 25, 2023 at 4:35 pm

      Yeah! We don’t wanna use those and this video is not about that. Cheers 🥂

  3. Ranga KV

    October 25, 2023 at 12:34 pm

    In India only the Hyundai ioniq 5 and the KIA EV6 have bidirectional V2L systems, oh, I forgot, also the BYD atto 3 features V2L… do the Volvo XC40 recharge, and the Mercedes EQ-x series have bidirectional charging?. Not sure… excellent informative video, loved it…..

  4. Sleepy Head Out (SHO)

    October 25, 2023 at 12:38 pm

    This channel still shows cars? 😂😂😂 Oh how i wish CNET on Cars with Brian Cooley could make a return 🥹 Cause “Smart People” ruined this channel man.

  5. blaster915

    October 25, 2023 at 12:39 pm

    00:36 you guys suddenly switch camera in shot??😂 Got very bright quickly ☀️

  6. T Wood

    October 25, 2023 at 1:00 pm

    ANY EV charging really sucks 🎉🎉🎉

    • Theodore Haskins

      October 25, 2023 at 4:38 pm

      So you say any EV charging sucks, so care to explain how you came to that conclusion?

  7. SpikeTiger

    October 25, 2023 at 1:03 pm

    i hope people consider the battery wear for bidirectional..

    • Kevin Qian

      October 25, 2023 at 4:28 pm

      Yes thankfully the battery warranty on most cars is mileage and time based so even if you put excessive wear on the battery through v2l, it won’t impact warranty claims.

    • Anon

      October 25, 2023 at 7:36 pm

      Isn’t the point of a battery to… use it?

    • HarrMick

      October 25, 2023 at 9:58 pm

      @Anon Yes but it will make the batteries not last as long. Batteries only have a certain number of charges and discharges. Once that number is hit. The battery can no longer charge to 100%.

    • al73r

      October 25, 2023 at 11:23 pm

      The amount you will utilize this feature it won’t be a problem. Even if you used the battery for a power source overnight it won’t be an issue.

    • Kevin Qian

      October 25, 2023 at 11:33 pm

      @al73r hah I guess you haven’t run a window AC unit 24/7 for a summer

  8. HUSTEWSRA

    October 25, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    Diversity works only for fuel.
    Electric cars all will be the same.

  9. zero11010

    October 25, 2023 at 1:44 pm

    I’m trying to figure out how the school bus idea is a good call.

    Batteries are heavy. There’s no need to have a ton more on board battery than the vehicle needs. You’re better off buying batteries and leaving them connected at all times.

    And if the bus uses the full charge and then needs to power the grid …. How does it take the kids home?

    A few hours of charge between the morning and afternoon run doesn’t seem like a big deal. All of that is leading me back to the superiority of separate batteries in a county. The bus can’t REALLY do double duty.

    • whitehorse1959

      October 25, 2023 at 10:06 pm

      Right Zero. Don’t try to make sense of this whacky idea. Logic has left the chat.

  10. Gary V

    October 25, 2023 at 2:06 pm

    We need bi-directional charging from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to house & vehicle to power any 110/240v device, anytime, anywhere.

    • whitehorse1959

      October 25, 2023 at 10:08 pm

      Needed like an extra leg. 😂

  11. Jay

    October 25, 2023 at 2:08 pm

    Great delivery, thanks for this.

  12. Richard Johnson

    October 25, 2023 at 8:14 pm

    Wow you can plug one ev into the other ev so you can go the same distance as a regular vehicle

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  14. Dorian Visser

    October 26, 2023 at 2:06 am

    Wonder if we will end up with wireless bidirectional charging like wireless CarPlay

  15. Dave Allyn, Sr.

    October 26, 2023 at 2:44 am

    And are people still believing batteries all fall from the sky and it’s only a matter of time before we all have them?
    They come from rare earth NOT mined by countries with our interests but their’s in mind, folks. It’s not about cleaning up the planet at all.

  16. obi-wan kenobi

    October 26, 2023 at 4:47 am

    he means Commiefonia 😀

  17. Tech Blazer

    October 26, 2023 at 8:39 am

    The EV charger process is always evolving.

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