Overview
- The offer is delivered with home energy firm dcbel using its Ara system and leverages California Energy Commission rebates administered by dcbel.
- Polestar and dcbel say customers could save up to $1,300 per year on charging and power essential home needs for up to 10 days during outages.
- The V2H functionality uses DC hardware and is enabled for Polestar 3 vehicles built on the 400-volt electrical architecture.
- California is the first market, no timeline is set for other states, and Polestar did not announce vehicle-to-grid capability.
- In Germany, Polestar introduced a bi-directional-ready AC home charger through a partnership with Zaptec.