SCE is partnering with the Department of Energy and others to advance ‘bidirectional’ technology that will allow EV batteries to discharge power for other uses when they are plugged in and not charging.
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Katie Sloan (top center), SCE vice president of Customer Programs & Services, recently joined other members of the newly formed partnership to tackle the technical challenges and barriers to integrating tens of millions of EVs with the electric grid.
SCE Signs On to Effort to Advance ‘Bidirectional’ EV Charging
The collaboration will explore how EV batteries can power homes and businesses – and the grid.
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