Should Motability pay a premium for V2G, and V2L chargers, absolutely not. I was suggesting those who wanted one to pay for it themselves. The divide between those who have home charging and those who have not is already huge so no Motability should not pay more to worsen the situation.
If Motability offered to upgrade the charger at the customer’s expense that would be a different question.
A BEV with a huge battery is worth a lot, I am presently considering purchasing a 30kwh home battery that is likely to cost me £6,500ish to install. I would pay that for a V2G charger and the payback period, if prices stay similar to now, would likely be 6/7 years.
There are a few V2G chargers on the market but they are not common. As costs come down they will become the go-to chargers for the majority of people as having this type is a no-brainer.
As far as I can see the jury is out on degradation to the battery I don’t think there is enough information to decide.
There are a number of cars available just now with V2L and some with V2G capability and every major manufacturer are trialling V2G. It is only a matter of time before the majority are V2G-ready.
The role of the government in this cannot be overstated. We are charged £millions to balance the grid with gas when required. We spend £millions paying wind farm companies to turn off the farms when they produce excess power. Subsidising things that will reduce the instances of this must be a good thing and I see no better way of doing this than V2G charging.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
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