The Nissan Leaf will eventually get two-way charging in the United States, and it won’t affect the EV’s warranty, Nissan confirmed last week.
Leaf models have for years had hardware for bidirectional charging, allowing electric cars to discharge stored energy from their battery packs. And while Nissan has enabled and enabled the feature in some other markets, it hasn’t officially enabled the feature for the US market so far.
Currently, Nissan only allows two-way charging with the Fermata Energy FE-15 charger, which meets the UL 9741 standard. It is the first charger to comply with UL 9741, in 2020, Fermata claims.
2023 Nissan Leaf
Fermata also has an energy management app that monitors buildings’ energy use and can draw power from electric vehicles during times of high demand to reduce strain on the grid, Nissan said.
The automaker claims that the Leaf is the only all-electric passenger car in the US market that can currently supply electricity to the grid. Ford beats Nissan to win markethowever, with a factory-approved system for the F-150 Lightning, with inverter, disconnect switch, and battery pack, to disconnect while running brownouts and home backups — and it’s working mesh buffering ability. And Hyundai has advertised V2L capability for its E-GMP-based vehicles, allowing them to power other electronic devices or devices; A more comprehensive family system from Hyundai is underway.
2023 Nissan Leaf
This ability has been around for a long time.
Leaves of CHAdeMO Standard essentially enabled two-way charging in the first place (though Nissan seems to say it was enabled on US models from 2013 onwards). Nissan revealed Leaf-To-Home Charging Station for other markets in 2012.
So while you’ll need to invest in a new charger, you may not need a new EV, or even a near-new one, to take advantage of this flexibility.
Temporary, Wall box advertised what appeared to be the first Leaf-compatible two-way home charging station in the United States since 2020. In response. green car report, Nissan has verified that it has yet to be approved in a similar manner and cannot comment on that approval status.
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with the report of Bengt Halvorson
