Hands on review - no. Interview with manufacturer about a future product, yes. Mentions no conversion losses being DC coupled, but doesn't mention the DC-DC conversion losses taking variable voltage solar (500V or so), and down-converting to 400V (or up-converting to 800V) for the vehicle. Up-conversion also seems like needless cost in this unit, as 800V vehicles already have an onboard converter for 400V to 800V, and even the poorest ones will easily support the 12kW output of the bi-directional charger. So, maybe loop back when they launch this and there is a vehicle which supports this, but really this just a future concept at this point - vaporware until the charger is on the market, and vehicle OEM's enable bi-directional charging.

I would be interested but when he said it is wireless communication with your home network i lost interest. We want and need independent stand alone systems so WE can be in control of our energy and not connected to a outside party. Basically, we don't trust the grid, management of said grid or the Government that has the ability to control our energy we paid for.

Seems like Bidirectional Chargers rolling out 2024. The vehicle-to-home discharging seems like it could really cut into the stand alone battery business. I wonder if Tesla will drag its feet on enabling in its vehicles, as it seems like they have the most vertical integration(cars, panels, ev chargers, batteries) and could refine the communication between equipment

Hands on review - nothing hands on. Sorry.

apparently this is not going to be available until 2025 or even 2026????

So, to be clear, this will NOT work with Chademo? Would also be good to know which SolarEdge inverters they expect it to be compatible with.

What is taking so long SolarEdge? We want to sell this in Canada!

They needed 20 years do to something what DIY people have and use regulary.

Funny, there hasn't been any talk about the price range!

man... going to a parallel DC home circuit system has many benefits. getting rid of hot inefficient inverters running, and just using voltage regulated DC power to me is the future. having DC run appliances, in combination with standards like usb-c feels like everything is starting to fall in place for this transition. most people dont realize the US has two electrical grids, one that is ran off DC 99% of the time over long distances. namely, analogue phone lines. obviously not meant to transfer large amounts of power, but would actually power land line phones in the old days. no reason why someone couldnt just get rid of all their wall warts/power adaptors and replace them with voltage regulators, and plug stuff in directly with like usb-c

This video really explains why I can’t help to prefer SolarEdge over Enphase. You get the DC-DC. With Enphase, sometimes, it is DC from the panels, then AC from the Enphase micro inverter, to DC into a battery backup battery, then AC out of the battery to the power panel, then back to DC in a vehicle to charge your car when the power is out.

great to see both SolarEdge and Enphase now have bidirectional DC coupled charger. Let's hope Tesla and all EV makers will support it very soon. This is HUGE! Victron should comes out with such charger too. For communication they can also use Bluetooth besides WIFI/LAN

Would be great if these can be used with any inverter/DC system and not tied to just their platform.

I’m still waiting for the back up generator compatibility on the backup interface.

whats the status of the solar dc to dc ev system?

Great video, great information. Thanks.

So if I already have panels with

Not clear, so assuming it does not work when the is grid down (keeping the PV on)?

Question for you, does vehicle have to be bidirectional too? There doesn’t seem to be “many” vehicles out there that allow this, or does this charger override this?

What is the price?