From Darkness to Light
What if you could backup your home electricity from your EV?
A wallbox is a charging station for private households. Wallboxes can be used with a higher charging capacity (11-22 kW) with more convenience than conventional household sockets.
Bidirectional Technology
Allows you to charge and discharge your electric vehicle so you can use your car to power your home or the grid*.
Level 2 chargers are one component of the systems, allowing fast recharge of EV batteries.
Vehicle-to-Home
For now a simple power inverter (use a 1KW model) will do the job, drawback, you cannot connect it to your home electrical panel. This is only good for a quick temporary solution.
New bidirectional charging technologies are coming soon to the market. This will allow safe connectivity between your EV car battery and electrical panel of your home.
Volkswagen "Wallbox"
The automaker is testing a DC wallbox that allows electric cars to discharge power back into the grid.
According to VW press release the Wallbox under development can charge vehicles at up to 22 kilowatts. It also allows cars to serve as energy-storage units for homes, or as battery buffers for the utility grid, the automaker noted.
