Hyundai's new Ioniq 5 doubles as a giant backup battery for your gadgets

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Hyundai's new Ioniq 5 doubles as a giant backup battery for your gadgets
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The key piece of the E-GMP platform—the component that allows the bidirectional charging to work—is Hyundai’s Integrated Charging Control Unit , which serves as a replacement for legacy on-board charging circuits found in the majority of EVs on the market today.The on-board charging circuits work as a bridge between the vehicle’s battery management unit and the EV charging station.

Vehicle-to-load charging is just the start of how automakers envision using battery-electric vehicles to power homes and hobbies. While Vehicle-to-Load charging is meant to provide power to a small number of items at one time, Vehicle-to-Grid integration would allow vehicles to discharge power back into the electrical grid to prevent undue stress during peak hours, similar to solar panels returning unused energy back to a utility company. Vehicles can then be scheduled to charge on off-peak hours when electrical rates may be cheaper and energy demand is lower.

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