Enphase Energy plans to begin manufacturing its IQ Bidirectional EV Charging Platform at quantity in This fall 2026 following a sequence of profitable product demonstrations.
IQ Bidirectional EV Charging Platform from Enphase Power
IQ connects to the direct present port of an EV, charging the automobile, whereas able to offering house power backup throughout grid outages. The bidirectional charger has been examined on U.S. and European EVs.
All through 2025, Enphase demonstrated the platform at a number of CharIN interoperability occasions throughout america and Europe. The corporate plans to proceed taking part in trade and interoperability occasions all through 2026.
IQ is engineered to work with residential and light-commercial power methods as single-phase and three-phase electrical architectures. It’s being developed with to observe bidirectional requirements, together with UL 1741 and IEEE 1547 in america; and open communication requirements similar to ISO 15118-20 to help automobile interoperability and standards-based vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid performance with appropriate automobiles.
“Bidirectional charging solely works at scale if it really works throughout automobiles, houses and grids,” mentioned Jayant Somani, senior VP of the digital enterprise unit at Enphase Power. “By constructing on open requirements and actively demonstrating the expertise throughout america and Europe, we’re making regular progress towards delivering a versatile bidirectional charging platform that may help a number of markets as automakers allow these capabilities.”
IQ Bidirectional EV Charging Platform was first introduced in September 2025. Restricted pilot initiatives shall be deployed earlier than full commercialization.
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