Driving change: How EVs could help balance our grid
January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
Ben Bowler writes about innovative ideas around harnessing electric vehicles in communities for TransportXtra
Drivers are increasingly embracing electric vehicles (EVs), and it’s in their growing use we can find a forward-thinking opportunity.
Providing communities with vehicle to grid (V2G) charging points allows the power stored in an EV battery to flow back to the grid when it’s not being used—feeding it back to the local distribution network to alleviate grid constraints and improve renewable energy integration in the areas where they’re plugged in.