{"id":4340,"date":"2026-07-12T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2026-07-12T13:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T08:40:19","slug":"the-nissan-leafs-bidirectional-charging-is-finally-ready-to-power-the-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4340","title":{"rendered":"The Nissan Leaf&#8217;s bidirectional charging is finally ready to power the grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-adroot=\"true\">\n<p>Nissan\u2019s Leaf, an early popular all-electric vehicle, can officially use the bidirectional charging capabilities that have long been built into its circuitry. The automaker has partnered with Fermata Energy to release an official charger \u2014 the FE-15 \u2014 capable of tapping into the Leaf\u2019s bidirectional charging, sending stored energy back into a home or grid system.<\/p>\n<p>Bidirectional charging, also known as a \u201cVehicle-to-Home\u201d or \u201cVehicle-to-Grid\u201d system (though Fermata prefers \u201cVehicle-to-Everything\u201d), is quickly becoming the buzziest technical feature in the EV industry. The much-hyped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/the-f-150-lightnings-bidirectional-charging-is-even-faster-than-expected\" class=\"T3D\">F-150 Lightning<\/a> includes the feature, for example, and General Motors has gone a step further by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/gm-electric-vehicles-home-backup-generators\" class=\"T3D\">partnering with PG&amp;E in California<\/a> to test bidirectional charging as a standard home power backup feature.<\/p>\n<p>All Nissan Leaf vehicles from 2013 onward can now use the FE-15 charger for reverse-charging purposes, as long as they\u2019re fitted with a CHAdeMO charging unit.<\/p>\n<p><u>Some caveats for now \u2014<\/u> The V2X bidirectional charger can be ordered through Fermata\u2019s website \u2014 though a price has not been provided, and hitting the \u201corder now\u201d button simply opens an email to the general Fermata Energy info address. This launch announcement is really just for commercial and government fleet owners \u2014 meant to be used by businesses and government agencies rather than home users. <\/p>\n<p>Approval for home use will come at a later date (though how long the wait will be on that one is very unclear). Still, that promise could present a significant reason for Leaf owners to keep their vehicles, and for would-be EV consumers to consider the Leaf as an option for their next car. (Even the latest model of the Leaf includes that CHAdeMO charging port, despite the protocol quickly going out of vogue in the industry writ large.)<\/p>\n<p><u>Better battery backups \u2014<\/u> Bidirectional charging is one of those features that really bring future-forward potential to electric vehicles. We\u2019re crafting these massive, modern batteries \u2014 why wouldn\u2019t we give those batteries the ability to be used for secondary purposes? Ford\u2019s really been pushing this ability in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/5-stats-that-explain-why-fords-electric-f-150-is-a-really-big-deal\" class=\"T3D\">marketing the F-150 Lightning<\/a>; what if you could boost another EV\u2019s dead battery while out on the highway, for example? <\/p>\n<p>Tesla is the only automaker that\u2019s explicitly expressed disinterest in building bidirectional charging into its EVs. That\u2019s no surprise, though; the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inputmag.com\/tech\/tesla-virtual-power-plant-california-successful-powerwall\" class=\"T3D\">Powerwall<\/a> fulfills that purpose. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"fX2 rhF jIS\"\/><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nissan\u2019s Leaf, an early popular all-electric vehicle, can officially use the bidirectional charging capabilities that have long been built into its circuitry. The automaker has partnered with Fermata Energy to release an official charger \u2014 the FE-15 \u2014 capable of tapping into the Leaf\u2019s bidirectional charging, sending stored energy back into a home or grid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/getty\/2022\/9\/13\/53aac4ac-5763-461f-9faa-b31951cb00d5-getty-1156565532.jpg?w=1200&h=630&fit=crop&crop=faces&fm=jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}