Woolley: Vehicle-to-home backup power will definitely roll out in North America
Nick Woolley · EV charging on both sides of the pond · Nov 30, 2023 · at 33:05
Nick Woolley, CEO of ev.energy, discusses bidirectional charging use cases with Shayle Kann on Catalyst.
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“I think vehicle to home to provide resiliency in North America is a thing. I was struck by, I mean, I've done some time in the United States, and when I first went out there From the energy perspective, I was fascinated by this thing where people used to go to Home Depot to buy backup diesel gensets. And I was like, wow, does that, is that a thing? Because that doesn't happen in Europe at all. And then people were saying, well, you could use batteries, home batteries, to provide an alternative service to buying a diesel generator. And I think electric vehicles and vehicle-to-home could be an alternative to that, because when you have extreme weather events, which you do in North America, perhaps more so than, say, a pretty benign country like the United Kingdom. That is really, really important to consumers. So I think that use case will emerge and definitely roll out.”
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