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Bridge to Scale: Why V2G Needs Bankable Revenue Streams
From Yellow Buses to Virtual Power Plants: A Conversation with Kevin Mathews
Battery Health and V2G: What We Know & Where the Industry Is Headed
From Pilots to Platforms: Russell Vare on the State of V2G and Bidirectional Charging
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Telematics and EVSE: The Data Backbone of Bidirectional Charging
January 6, 2026 Bidirectional charging, whether it’s powering a home during an outage or feeding energy back to the grid, depends on a steady stream of trusted information to coordinate millions of mobile batteries safely and profitably. We need to know not only how much energy an EV can deliver, but also when, where, and…
Steve’s 2026 V2G Predictions: The Year Bidirectional Charging Reshapes the Grid
December 16, 2025 Predictions are always fraught; technology shifts, policy windows open and close, and market signals rarely move in straight lines. But part of building a forward-leaning bidirectional charging ecosystem is being willing to look ahead, acknowledge the uncertainty, and still offer a view of where things are headed. So with equal parts humility…
Ford’s David McCreadie on the Future of V2H, V2G, and Grid-Interactive EVs
December 2, 2025 A Note from Steve I’m excited to debut a new feature in V2G News: in-depth conversations with the industry leaders who are shaping the future of vehicle-grid integration. We’re launching this series with David McCreadie, Ford’s Director of EV Grid Energy Services, whose decade of work at the intersection of EVs and…
Filling the Missing-Money Gap: What It Will Take to Finance V2G at Scale
November 18, 2025 This article is the third installment in our V2G Value Series. The first article explored the often-overlooked customer-facing benefits of bidirectional charging, from lowering the total cost of EV ownership to enhancing household and fleet resilience. The second article introduced a structured framework for understanding grid-facing value across three categories: behind-the-meter optimization,…
Steve’s Top 3 Takeaways from the October 2025 Detroit V2G Forum
V2G-AC Demonstration at Detroit V2G Form; photo by Steve Letendre November 4, 2025 The V2G Business, Policy & Technology Forum took place October 21–23 at the American Center for Mobility (ACM) in metro Detroit, Michigan, organized by the Smart Grid Observer. The event drew more than 200 participants spanning utilities, renewable-energy companies, automakers, charging-network operators,…
Vehicle-to-Grid Interoperability: From Custom Integration to Common Infrastructure
October 21, 2025 Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology offers a compelling vision: electric vehicles that don't just consume electricity but also support the grid with stored energy and fast, controllable power flow based on real-time grid conditions. That vision is already visible in pilots and early deployments. But achieving scale beyond custom integrations hinges on one thing…
Why Flexible Grid Connections Are Key to V2G
A fleet operator wants to install 50 bidirectional EV chargers—not just to charge vehicles, but to send power back to the building and grid during peak hours. The utility reviews both sides of the request: the service connection to draw power, and the interconnection to export it. The verdict: wait three years for a $2…
Will V2G Face the Same Utility Playbook that Challenged Rooftop Solar?
V2G today feels much like rooftop solar two decades ago — full of potential but not yet mainstream. In Scaling V2G: Lessons from Distributed Solar, V2G News looked at the policies and strategies that fueled solar’s growth. This piece picks up the thread by asking whether utilities will run the same playbook that many critics…
Back to School, Back to the Grid: From Pilot Projects to Scaled School Bus V2G
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Making Sense of V2G Benefits: A Framework for Understanding Grid Value
This article is the second installment in our V2G Value Series. The first focused on benefits beyond the grid—household resilience (e.g., V2H backup) and lowering the total cost of EV ownership. Here, we map grid-facing value into three categories: behind‑the‑meter optimization, avoided cost-based programs, and market participation. Three-Part Framework for V2G Value As interest in…
Highway to Scale: Why the AC/DC Debate is Slowing Down V2G
"It’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ’n’ roll." —AC/DC Expectations are high for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology to unlock the massive storage potential of electric vehicles and support the clean energy transition. But a crucial and often underappreciated debate may be stalling its progress: should V2G operate primarily through AC (on-board)…
V2G Value Series: Thinking Beyond the Grid
This is the first in a series of articles exploring the full value of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. While grid services have received much of the spotlight, this series begins by zooming out to highlight the often-overlooked benefits of V2G for EV owners—lower costs and greater resilience. In our next installment, we’ll take a deeper dive…
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From Yellow Buses to Virtual Power Plants: A Conversation with Kevin Mathews
California’s V2G Dilemma: National Leadership, Perpetual Pilots
Battery Health and V2G: What We Know & Where the Industry Is Headed
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