The batteries are there but you also need the expensive bidirectional chargers, software and hardware support in the vehicle, and you need the grid at some random school to be able to cope with tens or hundreds of kilowatts of feed-in power. There’s quite a lot involved in connecting a vehicle’s battery to the grid.
This setup only makes sense as long as batteries are expensive, and that won’t be the case for very long. The logistics of grid storage are much simpler when you don’t have the vehicle or chargers to deal with and can connect straight to a high voltage line.
Future this future that. The batteries are still expensive now.
expensive bidirectional chargers, software and hardware support in the vehicle
In comparison all those things are negligible in terms of cost. Its already completely standard equipment thats being mass produced.
tens or hundreds of kilowatts of feed-in power
No. This is not required. You can just feed into the grid through a standard wall plug or whatever is used in the US.
This is a well proven method and works exactly like with solar power feed in. The current can be limited to whatever the hardware supports. However if you build charging stations, then these will already be capable of the power levels that you are talking about, so it wouldnt even be an issue.
The batteries are there but you also need the expensive bidirectional chargers, software and hardware support in the vehicle, and you need the grid at some random school to be able to cope with tens or hundreds of kilowatts of feed-in power. There’s quite a lot involved in connecting a vehicle’s battery to the grid.
This setup only makes sense as long as batteries are expensive, and that won’t be the case for very long. The logistics of grid storage are much simpler when you don’t have the vehicle or chargers to deal with and can connect straight to a high voltage line.
Future this future that. The batteries are still expensive now.
In comparison all those things are negligible in terms of cost. Its already completely standard equipment thats being mass produced.
No. This is not required. You can just feed into the grid through a standard wall plug or whatever is used in the US. This is a well proven method and works exactly like with solar power feed in. The current can be limited to whatever the hardware supports. However if you build charging stations, then these will already be capable of the power levels that you are talking about, so it wouldnt even be an issue.