Tata Nexon.EV's V2L Feature Powers Home For 8 Hours During Power Outage
One of the most underrated features offered today on a lot of electric vehicles is the V2L or Vehicle-To-Load feature. Many people ignore the fact that an electric vehicle is basically a huge battery pack which, in an emergency, can power your home and appliances. Recently, showing how V2L helped a Tata Nexon.ev owner and his family sleep for 6-8 hours peacefully during a power outage, a post has been shared online.
This post has been shared on Facebook by Prateek Singh Roheria in the EV Owners Group India. In this post, the Tata Nexon.ev owner from Rajasthan has mentioned that recently in his village, the electric poles and the electricity transformer fell off due to heavy thunderstorms. As a result, the entire village suffered through a power outage.
Thankfully, the Tata Nexon.ev, which was charged, helped the owner charge his home's inverter-cum-battery. As a result of this charge, the owner of the car and his family managed to sleep for 6 to 8 hours. He added that as he did not have the 30-foot cable, he had to bring the inverter closer to the vehicle to charge it. The owner has also shared a short video showing the wire being connected using the V2L adaptor installed on the charging port.
As mentioned above, a lot of electric cars today are being offered with V2L (Vehicle-To-Load) and V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) features. For those who may not be aware, V2L helps in using the electric vehicle as a generator, and it can power many home appliances, including induction cooktops, lights, and fans, and in cases like the above, it can also charge an inverter.
This feature becomes very useful in case of power outages and when traveling to isolated locations where there is no source of electricity. Over the years, we have seen numerous videos where people have used V2L to cook food using heaters and inductions at camping sites and roadsides. Additionally, V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) is another very useful feature which helps in charging one electric vehicle using another EV.
The car seen in the video is the Tata Nexon.ev. It comes with two battery packs of 30 kWh and 45 kWh. The former offers a claimed range of 325 km, which in real-world usage is around 250 km. Meanwhile, the larger 45 kWh battery pack offers a claimed range of 489 km, which in the real world offers around 350-360 km. The Nexon.ev currently starts at Rs 12.49 lakh and goes up to Rs 17.49 lakh.
As for the features, this electric SUV comes loaded with a panoramic sunroof, V2L, V2V, a 31.24 cm Harman touchscreen infotainment system, and a 26.03 cm digital instrument gauge cluster. It has also been given ADAS Level 2, which includes features such as Traffic Sign Recognition, Lane Centering System, Lane Departure System, Lane Keep Assist, and Forward Collision Warning. It also gets Autonomous Emergency Braking and High Beam Assist.
A little while ago, another video went viral online in which a Tata Curvv.ev was seen powering a 1 hp water pump. In this short clip, using the V2L feature, a Tata Curvv.ev was seen powering a water pump, which was pumping out water from an underground vessel to a tarp-layered water storage unit.