ev.news Tech: Get Paid to Plug In Your EV. What’s the Catch? | V2G Special Part 2

Podcast: ev.news · Martyn Lee

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

Getting paid to plug in your electric car sounds appealing—but is vehicle-to-grid worth it for you? In Part Two of this V2G special, we examined the deal for the owner: how availability payments work, which hours qualify and what you give an energy provider permission to control. We explore offers from BMW and E.ON, Mercedes, Renault, Octopus and BYD, and We Drive Solar and Hegg, including the conditions behind the advertised rewards. The return depends on more than the headline payment. We look at charger prices, installation costs, subscriptions and eligibility, plus how solar pa...