RedEarth to manufacture bi-directional EV chargers

Energy storage solutions provider RedEarth Energy Storage has entered into a partnership with electric vehicle technology company ambibox to produce V2G bi-directional EV chargers for Australia and New Zealand customers at its manufacturing facility in Darra, Queensland.

The partnership will deliver Australian made DC EV chargers to EV owners without rooftop solar or home batteries in the first half of 2025.

This will allow EV owners to use V2X that includes both vehicle-to-home (V2H) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies to charge or discharge their EVs to their home or to the grid as part of RedEarth’s private power plant (PPP) ecosystem.

ambibox and RedEarth’s collaboration coincides with Standards Australia’s recent announcement that V2X technology is set to be implemented in Australia from December 2024.

The Co-founder and CEO of RedEarth Charles Walker said: “RedEarth’s partnership with ambibox opens new opportunities for electric vehicle owners to use their EVs as private power plants.

“While rooftop solar and home battery ownership have traditionally been the drivers of the growth of distributed energy resources in Australia, the adoption of EVs has accelerated.

“With the introduction of V2X standards, RedEarth and ambibox will optimise the returns both for EV owners and homeowners with behind the meter assets and we’ll be well placed to serve customers as EV adoption gathers pace.”

Walker said the partnership with ambibox was a significant milestone for RedEarth.

“RedEarth will be the first Australian EV charger manufacturer to be producing bi-directional chargers locally.

“In addition, we will pave the way for EV owners to be incentivised with additional revenue streams to power the grid and to reduce their reliance on grid electricity by using RedEarth’s private power plant ecosystem.”

The manufacturing of ambibox licensed EV chargers will begin in Q2/2025 and it will be available through RedEarth’s certified authorised partner network.

The ambibox EV chargers produced by RedEarth are three phase compatible wall chargers that have been successfully tested with the vast majority of EVs available in Australia. A single phase version is expected to be available in Q4/2025.

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