V2G Intelligence
V2G Intelligence offers in-depth analysis of emerging research, industry reports, and real-world pilot projects to unpack the latest insights driving the evolution of vehicle-to-grid technology.
California’s Roadmap to Scaling Bidirectional Charging
Texas: The Market Where V2G Could Scale First?
What It Takes to Scale V2G Infrastructure: Insights from a Recent Academic Study
Will Consumers Participate: New Study Highlights the Behavioral Side of V2G Adoption
California’s V2G Dilemma: National Leadership, Perpetual Pilots
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New Berkeley-Led Study Quantifies Where V2G Value Comes From, and What Could Erase It
February 17, 2026 Soomin Woo, Leo Strobel, Yuhao Yuan, Marco Pruckner, Timothy E. Lipman, Exploring bidirectional charging strategies for an electric vehicle population, Applied Energy, Volume 397, 2025, 126361, ISSN 0306-2619, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.126361. A November 2025 paper in Applied Energy by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Transportation Sustainability Research Center and collaborating institutions tackles a question V2G…
The Huskies Are Warming Up: Why Connecticut Is Poised to Scale V2G
February 3, 2026 In our 2026 predictions, V2G News forecast that five states are likely to break out of the pilot phase and begin scaling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and bidirectional charging in a durable, programmatic way. Connecticut was high on that list, not because it has the most electric vehicles or the largest utilities, but because…
Bidirectional Charging in Theory and Practice: What an Industry White Paper Gets Right, and What Still Remains Unproven
As bidirectional charging moves from pilot projects toward early commercialization, the conversation around vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is increasingly shaped by industry-authored white papers. These documents play an important role: they help organize technical concepts, clarify emerging standards, and articulate how V2G could integrate into energy markets at scale. At the same time, they inevitably reflect the…
What The Recent UC Davis Study Reveals About the Real Economics and Limits of Bidirectional Charging
January 6, 2026 Tayarani, H., Rabinowitz, A., Jenn, A., & Tal, G. (2025). Assessment of vehicle-grid integration profitability subject to real-world driver behavior and electricity tariff. Energy, 341, 139302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.139302. As bidirectional charging moves from demonstrations toward early commercialization, the industry continues to grapple with a fundamental question: under real-world conditions, does vehicle-to-grid participation deliver…
Closing Out the Year with Two Key Reports Shaping the Future of Bidirectional Charging and V2G
December 16, 2025 Introductuction As we wrap up 2025, two major reports offer some of the clearest signals yet about where vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is heading in the coming years. One comes from Massachusetts’ Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordinating Council (EVICC), which has evolved into one of the most thoughtful and data-driven state bodies planning for the…
U.S. Department of Energy, Vehicles-to-Grid Integration Assessment Report
December 2, 2025 United States Department of Energy (January 2025) Vehicles-to-Grid Integration Assessment Report. Editor’s Note V2G News has covered a range of issues, from emerging interoperability standards to the growing evidence base for the value of bidirectional charging, but has not explored the federal government's role in shaping the future of V2G. This edition…
V2G Grid Modeling Shows How Bidirectional Charging Drives Renewables Investment
November 18, 2025 Negative Electric Vehicle Emissions: Vehicle-to-Grid Can Incentivize Enough Wind and Solar Investment to Reverse EV Charging Emissions, by Jiahui Chen, Michael T. Craig, Jeremy Michalek, Matthew Bruchon, and Parth Vaishnav. Published in Environmental Science & Technology (2025). A Note from Steve When I co-authored one of the first academic papers on vehicle-to-grid…
SEPA Clarifies V2G Interconnection for Bidirectional EV Charging
November 4, 2025 Report: Interconnection Guidance for Residential Bidirectional EV Charging Publication Date: September 2025 Authors: Brittany Blair and Garrett Fitzgerald, Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) As automakers roll out more bidirectional-capable electric vehicles and homeowners begin asking how to connect them, confusion has mounted about what’s required to safely and legally interconnect these systems.…
Understanding the Real Barriers to V2G Adoption in the U.S.
October 21, 2025 A new preprint study titled Electric Vehicles as Grid Resources: Barriers to Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) in the United States, authored by researchers from the University of Colorado Denver and North Carolina State University, offers one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of why V2G adoption remains limited in the U.S.[1] Although still…
The Biggest Test Yet: Massachusetts Scales Up Bidirectional Charging
Massachusetts is turning vehicle-to-grid technology from promise into practice. The state's V2X Demonstration Program, launched earlier this year by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), has entered its installation phase—and it represents the most comprehensive test of bidirectional charging as a grid resource in the United States. Over the next year, the program will deploy…
The Premier U.S. V2G Conference Is Around the Corner
The 6th V2G Business, Policy & Technology Forum will take place October 21-23, 2025 at the American Center for Mobility in Detroit (Ypsilanti Township), Michigan. The Fall edition of the Forum is again being staged to bring together the leading minds and stakeholders in the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) ecosystem in the U.S. Shaping the Future of…
Doubling the Value: Why Bidirectional Charging is Key to Grid Savings
V2G News Intelligence highlights key new industry reports that help shape the understanding of the potential of bidirectional charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. This latest study, The Utility Playbook: Turning EV Grid Risk into a $30 Billion Opportunity, authored by ev.energy with research support from The Brattle Group, reinforces a key theme we’ve covered before:…
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