The Vehicle to Grid system can save more than 2,500 euros per year
With energy prices skyrocketing, especially given current electricity rates, the move to electric vehicles may be delayed due to fears of excessive pricing.
Far from this reality, Manuel Burdiel Sales Director of Nissan Iberia champions the use of electric vehicles, allowing significant savings on electricity bills. This is how he exoticized it at the VII Nissan Forum. According to Burdiel, the brand’s commitment goes beyond the vehicle itself, considering aspects as important as infrastructure. For example, the Vehicle to Grid (V2G) system makes it possible to reduce the electricity bill for the user of the electric vehicle or the circular economy by giving the batteries a second life, as is already the case in the Ajax Stadium in Amsterdam or in the city of Melilla. Manuel Burdiel literally said: “Our Nissan LEAF’s Vehicle to Grid system can save a consumer more than £2,500 a year on their electricity bill.”
In addition, Manuel Burdiel emphasized the savings that an electric vehicle can provide compared to a traditional one, which would range from 2,000 euros to 4,500 euros.
The electric car, by definition, has an engine that forgoes fossil fuels in favor of electric energy. This electricity comes from the household electricity grid. Thanks to the charging points, electric cars absorb energy when connected to the grid and accumulate energy in their batteries to use while the vehicle is moving.
It is from this summary that the option seems to turn the scheme around and give the electric car the main role as an electric dispenser that can feed electricity back and supply it to the household electricity grid. It then becomes a bidirectional relationship in which the vehicle and the electrical network alternate the main role with energy as a common link.
With V2G technology, the electricity stored in the cars’ batteries can be transferred to the grid when the cars are connected to a wall socket. In this way, the vehicle user can supply the energy of his car when not in use, in such a way that it is again included in the global calculation of the network in circulation.
The intelligent management of electric vehicle charging through tools such as NissanConnect EV technology, which allows management of Nissan electric vehicle charging schedules during off-peak hours, or reduced energy costs, also enables the transfer of the collected energy through the integration of the electric car in the comparison as another member of the V2G network. In France, Germany or the United Kingdom, this V2G protocol is already operational, an option to be offered by the local electricity grid.
This brings direct benefits to the user of the electric car, which can range from economic benefits to energy savings, thanks to the fact that they can choose the charging times of their vehicle, or introduce their car as an energy source, meaning that the network would discount this contribution of electricity.
According to an analysis carried out by the Nissan Infrastructure Area, the energy costs of a house without an electric vehicle but with a vehicle with an internal combustion engine are about EUR 4,000 per year. However, the energy cost of that family, in case it had a Nissan LEAF with a V2G system, would be about 1,600 euros. In other words, the electric car could save about EUR 2,400 per year in energy costs.
In addition, we must not forget the social and environmental contributions that electric cars make in connection with V2G technology, as they avoid overproduction of electric energy by giving up energy already generated. This also reduces the risk of network overload and thus potential power outages or interruptions for all users.
Source: La Verdad
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