Imagine your electric car acting like a giant power bank for your house or the city. Instead of just taking power, the car can give it back when electricity is expensive or scarce. This project creates the hardware and software to make this two-way energy flow cheap, easy, and acceptable for everyday drivers.
Mass EV adoption threatens grid stability and charging costs are high. Current bidirectional chargers are too expensive and user adoption is hindered by behavioral uncertainty.
Low-cost bidirectional charger hardware and AI-driven marketplaces for trading local energy flexibility.
If you are a grid operator dealing with unstable energy loads from mass EV adoption — this project developed AI techniques to capture flexible energy from parking lots and homes that balance the local grid.
If you are a hardware producer dealing with high costs of bidirectional equipment — this project developed next-generation slow bidirectional charger units that are cheaper and more compact.
If you are a facility manager dealing with high peak energy costs in parking garages — this project developed V2B (Vehicle-to-Building) solutions to trade energy flexibility locally.
The project specifically aims to develop next-generation bidirectional charger units that are lower-cost, more efficient, and compact compared to current options.
The project is moving technology from TRL3 to TRL7 and testing it across 8 demonstration environments in 5 different European cities to prepare for mass deployment.
Based on available project data, the project produces ICT solutions, hardware technologies, and policy tools, though specific licensing terms are not detailed.
The project develops policy tools and insights to support decision-makers in rolling out V2X in smart cities.
The project period runs from 2023-01-01 to 2026-12-31, with results being validated through 2026.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward commercial application, with an industry ratio of 45% (10 companies, including 4 SMEs). This balance of 5 universities and 3 research centers suggests a strong pipeline from academic theory to industrial product, supported by a diverse geographic footprint across 8 countries.
Contact LUT University (Finland) for technical specifications on bidirectional chargers.
Contact us to connect with the V2X hardware partners in this consortium.
