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Take your home comforts with you

Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) allows your Kia electric vehicle to power devices using an internal or external socket. Whether you need to vacuum your car or are planning a major camping expedition, the options are yours and endless.

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<br>Park up, and power your appliances


Park up, and power your appliances

Your EV battery is able to power more than just your Kia. The Vehicle-to-Load function allows you to power home appliances and electronic devices directly from your car. You can use up to 80% of the battery's maximum capacity, which is enough power for a family of four for approximately five days. Perfect if you're planning to visit a remote camping location, and want to take a little bit of luxury with you.
<br>Power at your fingertips


Power at your fingertips

Vehicle-to-Load is available via the socket located under the rear seats or via the external charging port, providing you use the dedicated connector. For safety reasons, it cannot be used while charging but can be used while the vehicle is stopped, or while driving.
<br>Setting the limit


Setting the limit

V2L lets you run your vehicle’s battery down to 20 per cent as default. Kia electric vehicles’ batteries can store a lot of energy so – if you start from a full battery – V2L will give you enough energy to power an average family home for five days. If you want to retain enough energy for your next journey, you can easily set your desired discharge limit using the vehicle’s settings.

What's the difference between Vehicle-to-Device (V2D) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)?

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is a technology that allows energy from an electric car battery to be fed back into the National Grid. V2G charging is the two-way flow of energy from the grid to a Vehicle to Grid charger in an electric car, and back to the grid. V2G cars provide their drivers with the choice to charge their electric car battery from the grid or sell energy from their battery back to the grid. As such, Vehicle to Grid technology enables us to control electric car charging based on the demand for EV charging in any given place.

V2G technology could redefine how we can use renewable energy by providing a form of 'storage' for renewable energy that isn't constantly available, for example solar or wind power. Producing this kind of renewable electricity when it is available and using a V2G car battery to store it allows us to make much more efficient and constant use of green energy.

Vehicle to Grid demonstrates how the flow and storing of energy between two vessels can happen on a much larger scale, rather than between an EV battery and chargeable domestic appliances, as with Vehicle to Load.

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