SAE Revises Vehicle/DC Charger Standard for Bidirectional Charging

The SAE International Hybrid Communication and Interoperability Task Force has completed an extensive revision of the SAE Standard; J2847/2: Communication Between Plug-in Vehicles and Off-Board DC Chargers.

This update is the first step to offer a standard, interoperable solution for vehicle and charging station suppliers to utilize the same communication code for Direct Current (DC) Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) including Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) for vehicles to receive, as well as distribute, electricity.

The update also identifies home requirements that should be considered, including:

Additional Recommended Practices such as J2847/3 includes this for AC V2G and V2H.

J2847/5 includes the requirements for AC V2L and V2V. These are both in the final stages of being published. This series of standards and recommended practices addresses common solutions for customers to select vehicles and equipment to use on additional interoperable solutions including:

Like all SAE Standards, this standard will continue to be updated as regulations and customer expectations continue to evolve for these new uses of Electric Vehicles.

For more information on joining SAE’s mobility electrification standards efforts, contact Dante Rahdar, Ground Vehicle Committee Manager, at [email protected].

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