V2L: How My Electric Car Saved My Family Holiday in a Blackout
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V2L: How my electric car saved my family holiday in a blackout
Storm Boelo caused a 30-hour power cut, but our Renault Scenic kept the holiday fun going As if the rain and gales weren’t bad enough, Storm Boelo had another unpleasant surprise for the start of our group holiday in the Lake District this half-term: a 30-hour power cut. But this enabled our first-ever use of the vehicle-to-load (V2L) function on our Renault Scenic. Suddenly we were the saviours. The Renault is supplied with a device that plugs…
An electric Renault Scenic E-Tech has allowed to keep several appliances running during a 30-hour blackout in England; thanks to V2L technology, its owner fed two refrigerators, lights and small devices; the most surprising thing was to check that it had only used 8% of the car’s battery. One of the advantages of which is least talked about electric cars is that its battery can be used for something more than moving the vehicle. While a combusti…
Saved by His Electric Renault Scenic: During a Long Power Outage, He Supplied the House with the V2L
The "V2L" function of modern electric cars makes it really possible to use these vehicles as giant batteries to power the house in the event of a power failure on the local network. An English journalist tells about his experience.
At the end of October, a storm cut off the electricity for 30 hours the rental of a journalist from Automotive News, in the Lake District, England. He fed the kitchen with his electric Renault Scenic and consumed only about 8% of the battery.
An English journalist was able to power his home during a 30-hour power shutdown thanks to the battery of his Renault Scénic E-Tech, while losing only 8% battery. An excellent example of the benefits of the two-way charging (V2L) of electric cars.
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