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Sarah Aubrey from "Electrify This" chats about V2G with Claire Rainbow from Amber Electric. Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is a bi-directional charging technology that turns your electric vehicle (EV) into a battery on wheels. It allows your car not only to draw power from the grid, but also to send stored energy back to your home or directly to the electricity network during peak demand. Unlike standard EV chargers that only send power in one direction, V2G requires specialized chargers that allow energy to flow both ways. You can charge your EV using cheap, off-grid energy (or rooftop solar) during the day, and discharge it back into the grid or your home when energy prices and demand are at their highest. By aggregating thousands of plugged-in EVs, energy providers can draw power during energy shortages to stabilize the grid and prevent blackouts.