Bidirectional vs TOU Setup Usage & Stats
Bidirectional app lets you manage your bidirectional EV charging to:
SAVE MONEY
- Automatically schedules your EV charging to occur during the cheapest energy rates
- Optionally offset home electricity usage by discharging your EV
- See how much you save each week, month, and year
REDUCE EMISSIONS
- Tangibly reduce CO2 emissions by charging during renewable hours
- Power your home using your EV instead of the grid when the grid is powered by coal and natural gas
- See your environmental impact each week, month, and year
MAKE MONEY
- In extreme circumstances (~40-60 hours per year), optionally discharge your EV battery to prevent grid blackouts
- Earn money from your utility for supporting the grid
READY WHEN YOU NEED IT
- Set desired battery target and departure time for both one time trips and daily/weekly schedules
- Your car is ready and charged whenever you need it
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Utilities
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The TOU Setup app allows you to get a Time of Use (TOU) rate from a California utility and import it into your water heater so it minimizes being on at expensive times. The water heater will pre-heat itself right before the expensive time of day, and then try to avoid coming on during the expensive time of the day, unless it determines that it needs to add just a bit of hot water to avoid delivering water that is at a lower than expected temperature.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Utilities
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Bidirectional VS. 
TOU SetupDecember 17, 2024