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Two Colorado companies want to make an affordable bidirectional EV charger for North America

By Kelly Pickerel | February 2, 2022

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Energy management company Emporia Energy is partnering with power electronics company BREK Electronics to develop a bidirectional electric vehicle charger for the North American market. The EV charger would allow an electric vehicle to transfer power to the home and grid, regardless of EV brand. The two companies expect the charger to hit the market in 2023 at less than $1,500.

BREK will develop the power electronics core and hardware, and Emporia will develop the connector strategy and smart home integration system. Emporia already offers a line of energy management technology products like level 2 EV chargers, energy storage systems and smart plugs. BREK is reimagining silicon-carbide based power electronics technologies in a variety of applications, including solar string inverters.

“80 to 85% of electric vehicle charging currently takes place at the vehicle owner’s home, so the EV should really be seen as an extension of the home energy system,” said Emporia founder and CEO Shawn McLaughlin. “This is critical to why we want to make a bidirectional EV charger readily available – being able to transfer energy from the vehicle back into the home or grid will enable widespread adoption of distributed renewable energy without taxing the grid, while generating substantial savings for the homeowner, but there isn’t a cost effective option on the market yet. Our collaboration with BREK will create that option.”

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Kelly Pickerel

Kelly Pickerel has over a decade of experience reporting on the U.S. solar industry and is currently editor in chief of Solar Power World.

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  1. Simon Okkerse says

    February 6, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    I have solar panels on my house and I would like to charge my EV with the excess power generated
    I can do this now only by connecting the EV when the sun shines
    I have a Sense monitor that knows when I have excess power
    How can I automate this charging

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  2. Ted says

    February 4, 2022 at 4:32 pm

    Good. Feds must cooperate ASAP.

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