Article summary
Easee Charge Max and Charge Pro are V2G-ready, meaning they already include the hardware required for bidirectional energy flow.
V2G is not commercially available for everyday consumers in Europe today, as it depends on vehicle support, energy-provider services, and national regulations rather than the charger itself.
When the ecosystem is ready, the same chargers will support key bidirectional charging use cases, such as V2G export and participation in flexibility markets, without any hardware upgrades.
What V2G means
V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) refers to bidirectional energy flow between the electric vehicle and the electrical system:
- Vehicle to home (V2H): supplying energy to a building, for example during expensive hours or outages
- Vehicle to grid (V2G): supplying energy back to the grid and responding to grid signals via cloud.
If the charger hardware supports bidirectional power flow, it is considered V2G-ready.
What V2G-ready means
V2G-ready means the charger hardware is prepared to support bidirectional energy flow. It does not mean that V2G services are available today or enabled by default.
Actual V2G usage depends on factors outside the charger:
- The vehicle must support bidirectional charging
- The energy provider must offer a V2G service
- National regulations must allow bidirectional energy export and settlement
Easee Charge Max and Charge Pro
Easee Charge Max and Charge Pro already include all hardware required for bidirectional charging:
- Bidirectional power-electronics path that allows current to flow both into and out of the vehicle
- PLC communication enabling ISO 15118 negotiation between charger and vehicle
- Control electronics and cloud connectivity for safety, logic, and future grid-signal handling
No external modules, retrofits, or hardware upgrades are required.
PS! There are two versions of Charge Max, with some differences in the metering certification. Read more in our FAQ.
The V2G situation today and in the future
Today
V2G is not commercially available for everyday consumers in Europe today. While the charger hardware is already capable, V2G requires support from vehicle manufacturers, energy providers, and national regulators before services can be offered.
Only a limited number of EV models currently support bidirectional charging, and most major vehicle manufacturers have not yet enabled this functionality. In addition, standards such as ISO 15118-20 are still interpreted and implemented differently across vehicle manufacturers, leading to variations in how vehicles communicate with chargers. For these reasons, V2G is not commercially available today, regardless of charger brand.
In the future
When the ecosystem is ready and standards mature, customers can expect new use cases such as powering their home during expensive hours (V2H), exporting energy back to the grid (V2G), participating in flexibility or balancing markets and automatic energy optimization based on electricity price and consumption.
None of these scenarios require future hardware changes to Easee chargers, as the hardware is already prepared.
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