Enphase Energy provided an update on the continued development of its IQ Bidirectional EV Charging Platform, highlighting successful demonstrations, expanding global engagement, and ongoing validation across vehicles, homes, and grid environments in the United States and Europe.
The DC-based IQ Bidirectional EV Charger is designed to connect to the direct current port of an electric vehicle, enabling EV charging, home backup during outages, and future grid services, all managed through the Enphase App.
Engineered as a globally scalable platform for residential and light-commercial energy systems, the DC-based IQ Bidirectional EV Charger is being designed to operate across single-phase and three-phase electrical architectures in North America and Europe.
The system is being developed with advanced grid-support, protection, and control capabilities aligned with leading bidirectional interconnection frameworks, including UL 1741 and IEEE 1547 in the United States, EN 50549 in Europe, VDE-AR-N 4105 in Germany, and ENA G99 in the UK.
It is also being engineered on open communication standards such as ISO 15118-20 to support broad vehicle interoperability and standards-based vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid functionality with compatible vehicles.
“Bidirectional charging only works at scale if it works across vehicles, homes, and grids,” said Jayant Somani, senior vice president of the digital business unit at Enphase Energy, in a statement. “By building on open standards and actively demonstrating the technology across the United States and Europe, we are making steady progress toward delivering a flexible bidirectional charging platform that can support multiple markets as automakers enable these capabilities.”
The company is currently performing demonstrations and validation activities, targeting volume production beginning in Q4 2026.
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