Origin, BYD, and StarCharge launch Australia's first V2G trial

Big news for the future of EVs in Australia! 😁 Origin is teaming up with BYD and StarCharge to roll out Australia’s first EV subscription bundled with a bi-directional charger and free home charging. Vehicle to Grid isn’t just cool tech, it’s a shift in how we think about EVs, energy, and value back to customers.

Exciting to see today’s media release with Origin Energy and BYD Australia & New Zealand on launching Australia’s first EV subscription bundled with V2G charging. StarCharge is proud to accelerate the adoption of bi-directional charging and V2G solutions in Australia, working with leading partners to unlock the next level of value for EV customers and the grid.

Super excited about launching our first V2G product with great partners in BYD and Starcharge! We are providing an all inclusive solution to provide EVs, EV Charging and the Energy in one monthly payments to provide free charging for the drivers. This will make moving to EVs more easier for our customers. In my personal opinion - the potential for V2G was always the most exciting part of why I changed my career from solar PV to Emobility. The battery capacity in EVs will be far greater than the sum of all the utility scale batteries, commercial batteries, residential batteries and consumer product batteries put together. Excited for our future in energy! How we use these mobile batteries will be critical to the solution for Net Zero and V2G can unlock these solutions!

Exciting to see today’s media release with Origin Energy and BYD Australia & New Zealand on launching Australia’s first EV subscription bundled with V2G charging. StarCharge is proud to accelerate the adoption of bi-directional charging and V2G solutions in Australia, working with leading partners to unlock the next level of value for EV customers and the grid.

Exciting to see today’s media release with Origin Energy and BYD Australia & New Zealand on launching Australia’s first EV subscription bundled with V2G charging. StarCharge is proud to accelerate the adoption of bi-directional charging and V2G solutions in Australia, working with leading partners to unlock the next level of value for EV customers and the grid.

Exciting to see today’s media release with Origin Energy and BYD Australia & New Zealand on launching Australia’s first EV subscription bundled with V2G charging. StarCharge is proud to accelerate the adoption of bi-directional charging and V2G solutions in Australia, working with leading partners to unlock the next level of value for EV customers and the grid.

Vehicles are no longer just part of the transport network – with EVs and bi-directional charging technology, they’re becoming an active part of the energy network. Through V2G, every car becomes a mobile energy asset. At StarCharge, we’re advancing both technological and commercial innovation to help Aussies build a greener, freer way of living and moving. We’re excited to be part of this collaboration with Origin and BYD to accelerate the adoption of V2G technology in Australia. - APAC CEO Mr Kouki Xiang - StarCharge

As expected, Origin Energy launches a V2G subscription with StarCharge. From a directional perspective it's great to see what's (arguably) Australia's most forward-thinking and forward-executing Tier 1 retailer be first here, and similarly positive to see alignment with and credibility in StarCharge's Halo platform - it's capable of many good things and is being repurposed in many positive projects enabling V2G elsewhere (ask BMW!) That we have a public-facing linkup between: - A major Australian utility, - China's most significant EVSE vendor, and - China's largest new energy vehicle OEM, Is a *massive* achievement which for which the volume and value of commercial and B2B work alone cannot be understated. Neither can its importance to the Australian market - this 'ripple in the pond' is right up there with BYD first determining to sell the Atto 3 in Australia. Chau Le leads eMobility at Origin - has for some time now, during which there's been some really good wins - and is currently Chair of the board at the Electric Vehicle Council. That's a powerful platform from which to make good change for all. So it's fair to talk around industry alignment and what could be; Origin currently has an ARENA-funded project leveraging OCPP 1.6J and Modbus (presently) to manage apartment charging, and Origin staff have posted here around offerings providing customers access to much of Australia's public vehicle charging infrastructure. These are directionally-laudable projects, however - - OCPP 2.0.1 would have better aligned the ARENA project's goals, given a ready roadmap to OCPP 2.1 (supporting V2G securely) and aligned with StarCharge's existing - certified! - efforts in the space, and - The same ISO 15118 PKI ecosystem securing V2G discharge in CCS charging also supports roaming - giving access to 100% of a market's public infrastructure through demoratized access where so employed. Whilst OCPP isn't specifically required to manage V2G and whilst export is possible without marketwide-intent-or-specified cybersecurity, the importance of holistic, aligned technical leadership underpinning competitive commercial strategy remains. As is the potential for leading organisations to demonstrate how to best leverage best capabilities in market - whether Origin or the EVC alike - towards competitive markets, winning consumer outcomes and scaled opportunities through reduced access barriers. Origin's partners StarCharge and GreenFlux are both Open Charge Alliance members with certified products - I hope Origin Energy joins too. To more of this, and to leadership in better reconciling Australian EV charging experiences with global best practice. Australians deserve no less. #v2g #australia #ocpp #iso15118 #pki #evc #hopefullynotmissedopportunities

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