'A house battery you can drive around': how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid
14 Feb 2025
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Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there’s another step you could take. If you have a bidirectional charger, you can set it to sell power back to the grid when demand is high.
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