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"Australian technology and electricity Amber is launching a new product that
could see EV owners getting paid for charging their car at home, and in the
future paid also for sending power back to the grid.
Amber has already made a splash in the market with its innovative products
based around wholesale prices, and it has been particularly interesting for
households with battery storage that can time their consumption – and their
exports – to suit.
Now Amber is launching a new product – Amber for EVs – as a first step towards
exploiting EVs as true batteries on wheels as vehicle to grid technology and
two-way charging is rolled out across the country.
Co-CEO Chris Thompson says the initial EV product – which will focus on Tesla
EVs before being rolled out for other electric models – will enable households
to time their charging when wholesale prices are low, or even negative. That
means that they can charge for free, or even be paid to charge if the wholesale
prices fall below zero as they often do, particularly in spring.
“The idea is to help customers get as much free charging as possible. We are
even offering EV owners to get paid to charge,” Thompson told The Driven.
But the bigger and longer term focus is on vehicle-to-grid technology,
particularly after the federal government announced the agreement on new
standards that will pave the way for bidirectional charging, allowing EV owners
to use the big batteries in their cars to send power and services back to the
grid, and potentially get paid handsomely for it.
Amber already has a handful of customers on “beta trials” – owners of Nissan
Leaf and Mitsubishi Outlanders that use the old CHAdeMO protocol – and that
delivered earnings of up to $300 a day during the high priced market events in
May when a series of network outages and coal generator failures sent wholesale
prices soaring."
We applied for the beta but didn’t get in.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
