Vehicle and V2X

This page features one-off projects which are vehicle/V2X related.

Boat-to-home solution (Vehicle-to-Home)

Leisure boat converted to electric with a 10kWh NMC battery pack, which can be charged and discharged. The battery capacity is used as a home battery to store excess solar energy, and can be charged fully on demand to go boating.
Combined with a 3-phase 10kW inverter, it can also provide back-up power for the home when grid power is lost.

V2H campervan

This van is used as a platform for learning and testing. It was an original electric van which was no longer running. The battery has been replaced with a bigger 80kWh battery and a new controller was made to drive the motor. It is fitted with an inverter that can charge and discharge the 400v traction battery, to store excess solar energy and work with dynamic electricity pricing.

E-bike Solar Charger

A portable charger to charge a Bosch E-Bike battery directly from solar panels.
Can be combined with up to 300 Watts of solar power, which could charge the battery in 2 hours on a sunny day.

In this example, a 100 Watt solar panel was placed on an Urban Arrow bicycle, which also uses the Bosch system.

While cycling throughout the day, the first battery is drained and the second battery is charged. This way, charging from the grid is not necessary.