Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly being deployed to solve challenges of air pollution, rising fuel prices and global warming, but also to assist electricity grids as distributed energy sources, making use of large battery packs for more than just mobility.
E-mobility company Next Dimension MD Bjoern Chirstensen says EV batteries can support a multitude of energy applications, including driving, vehicle-to-home power, frequency regulation (as done in Denmark), peak and off-peak arbitration, vehicle-to-load such as power tools, vehicle-to-vehicle power and, importantly for South Africa, load-shedding mitigation.
