"Imagine you're halfway through making dinner on a weeknight when the lights flicker and the power goes out. While the abrupt end to your home chef experience is inconvenient, the bigger issue is that your gas furnace still needs electricity to run, and it's supposed to drop into the 20s overnight. Now imagine that while everyone else is rifling through their junk drawer for flashlights and batteries, you glance at your phone and see a pop-up notification that your EV has switched to backup mode just as all your lights turn back on."
"Also: Have solar at home? Supercharge that investment with this other crucial component This is the promise of vehicle-to-home (V2H) power, an advanced bidirectional EV charging setup where the vehicle both draws power from the grid and delivers power to your home's electrical panel. It's a pretty enticing concept for a lot of us, and a very new one. According to data from research firm Habitelligence, more than half of homeowners had never heard of V2H before. Upon learning more about it, though, the vast majority of the sample showed significant interest."
Vehicle-to-home (V2H) is a bidirectional EV charging setup that allows a vehicle to draw power from the grid and deliver power to a home's electrical panel. V2H enables EVs to act as backup power during outages, supporting home systems like furnaces. Research from Habitelligence found that more than half of homeowners had never heard of V2H, yet most respondents showed significant interest after learning about it. Many EVs on the market have bidirectional power capability, but fewer models support full V2H functionality. Early adopters often purchase EVs with backup power use in mind.
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