Mapping emissions benefits of vehicle-to-home charging (IMAGE)
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These maps show the median changes in life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions across the contiguous U.S. for electric vehicle charging scenarios explored by researchers from the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company. In the maps shown here, the drops can be seen for (a) "smart charging" EVs when the power grid is cleanest, (b) incorporating vehicle-to-home, or V2H, charging that allows an EV's battery help power households and (c) using V2H in fully electrified homes (denoted by heat pump).
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Jiahui Chen with data from J. Chen et al. Nature Energy. 2025 (DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01894-7). Made with Plotly.
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