BEYOND VEHICLES, AN ECOSYSTEM … ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVING THE TRIPLE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC MOBILITY, RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND SMART GRIDS. TOGETHER WITH ITS PUBLIC- AND PRIVATE-SECTOR PARTNERS, THE GROUP IS DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY. 2 3 SMART ISLAND SMART CO-INNOVATION projects projects to balance … energy supply and demand … SMART CITY, SMART GRID In the Netherlands, the Z.E. Smart Charge app developed by the start-up Jedlix, in which Groupe Renault owns a stake, chooses times for charging sessions when available capacity on the grid is greater than demand and when electricity prices are lowest. In Utrecht, the car-sharing service using Renault Zoe electric vehicles developed by Groupe Renault and We Drive Solar is powered by a Smart Solar Charging network, using energy generated exclusively by 10,000 solar panels installed across the region. And in the United Kingdom, in partnership with the home electricity storage specialist Powervault, Renault is giving electric vehicle batteries a second life. BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING To address the issues raised by peak consumption periods, in early 2019 Renault unveiled the first-ever large-scale test, in Portugal and the Netherlands, of a bidirectional charging, or vehicle-to-grid, system for electric vehicles, a key component of the future smart grids. This system not only allows charging to take place particularly when demand is low and thus at lower prices, but the vehicles are also able to feed power back into the grid to increase its capacity during peak demand times. GROUPE RENAULT - 11