Ty Yeagerson, V2X Lead at General Motors, discusses the roadmap for utility adoption of bi-directional vehicle charging.
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Yeagerson: EV grid value derives from power capacity, not deep cycling
“The value of these batteries is going to be more in the power than in the energy, and it's going to be more in the capacity than in the KWH, right? So you're gonna have, the value is that these things are gonna be available and, you know, maybe sometimes used …”
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Yeagerson: Aggregated EV fleets will become highly dispatchable grid capacity resources
“If you have a million thermostats and you've done it 20 times, then actually it's more dispatchable than a discrete peaking resource. And I think you're gonna find that with vehicles as well. It's gonna be very fungible, it's gonna be very predictable, we're g…”
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Yeagerson: Utility rates will soon tie directly to managed charging participation
“My guess is that what we're going to see before too long is utility programs or state subsidy programs where where you're charging capacity or you, your utility rates are going to be charged relative to your participation in these types of programs.”
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Yeagerson: V2G capability is three to four times more valuable than V1G
“If you think about V one G value, it's only a negawatt capacity if the vehicle is not charged. And a lot of times what happens, people bring their vehicle someplace, they plug it in, and it's charged, and so you've got basically negawatt capacity for as long a…”
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Yeagerson: Consumers will widely accept managed charging for modest cash compensation
“Eventually that the adoption rates for this stuff are going to be high just because I think it's going to be very widely accepted and everyone's going to know that they're going to get a little bit of trickle cash coming through these functions and people will…”
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Yeagerson: In-vehicle telematics offer superior flexibility for managing EV charging
“I think our perspective is, is you get the most flexibility if you can control it on the car, because the car is going to go different places, and you could, you know, one point of connection gives you, V one G capabilities anywhere you go.”