What's already possible, and how far along is Blue Current with the implementation?
Bidirectional charging is supplying power back to your home from the car. Many people (especially with solar panels) who hear this are immediately enthusiastic. Logical of course, because it's great to store the generated power in your car and use it at home at a later time! Customers regularly ask us whether this is already possible.
We are already prepared for this development with our hardware, but we don't have the software yet. Here are some obvious reasons for this:
- Cars can currently only feed back direct current, while you use alternating current at home.
- As soon as our charging point is able to supply direct current, the fusebox must also be converted. An inverter is required to convert the direct current into alternating current.
- When bidirectional charging becomes possible, there will probably still be restrictions for this from the government. Otherwise, for example, the driver can buy the electricity from a farmer with a meadow full of solar panels, drive it home and use it at home. The farmer makes a profit, because he gets more for his electricity than when he returns it to the grid. The driver makes a profit, because this electricity is cheaper than from the grid. Electricity then simply becomes a 'commodity', which you can buy and sell anywhere. So there is a good chance that certain limitations will be applied in the future.