EV Charging Terminology

Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) is an umbrella term for bidirectional EV charging use cases where energy can flow from the vehicle to another load, building, home, grid or wider energy system. It includes V2G, V2H, V2B and V2L depending on the destination of the exported energy.

Vehicle-to-Grid allows an EV to export energy back to the electricity grid or support grid services through compatible charging equipment. It is normally assessed alongside DNO requirements, import/export limits, generation, storage and wider site energy management.