Hi,
I recently became interested in electric vehicles and I have a question regarding vehicle-to-grid charging. As far as I found out, you need a car with a DC connector to be able to take the charge from the car and direct the electricity into the grid. Is there a way to use cars with an AC connector to power my home?Some sort of tool,perhaps?
Some EV come with Vehicle-To-Load (V2L) capability. They can usually provide up to ~3.5kW from a mains socket in the vehicle or on a dongle that plugs into the charge port.
A few come with Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) capability. They can provide more power, tens of kW. They require a box on your house hooked into the breaker panel and plug into the vehicle charge port (like V2L but chunkier).
If you just want emergency power almost all EV have a regular 12V car battery that an inverter could connect to. I’ve done this with my lowly Nissan Leaf and kept essentials (lights, internet, fridge, tv, device chargers) running through several power cuts.