Am I correct in thinking the Nisan Leaf has a V2G inverter built into the car. They say they are going to roll out a bidirectional charge point with G99 approval in 2026 for the same price as unidirectional chargers, which sort of implies it does. We are contemplating buying a second hand one two years old and getting the charge point when it comes out.
nophead not as far as I know. The older ones use chademo rather than CCS for DC charging, and that is bidirectional. But you'd need an external inverter for v2g. There have been trials with such chargers, and I think one might have been brought to market, but at about £3k ? (Such a thing does seem an obvious add-on for a domestic solar inverter)
AFAIK the standards for bidirectional DC on CCS are still to be finalised.
But I don't know situation with forthcoming leaf.
The Leaf has Chademo as DD says. that allows a DC inverter to both add and take from the car battery. But that would need a dedicated Chademo V2G charger to connect direct to the car's traction battery. Those are expensive (like £5k) and pretty much impossible to get hold of - mostly they have only been available via trials.
The forthcoming new Leaf model will be different. It will have an inverter on board to output 230V AC, and will then have capability to power things. It's same architecture as Renault 5 I think under the skin. The car isn't launched yet, AFAIK it should be later this year. The R5 is already available and would be a great choice BTW, some other cars also have V2X already, but most manufacturers are a bit quiet about connecting to the grid, it's not necessarily simple, so looks like Renault and Nissan will be the first to offer it more widely.
The older Leaf wouldn't be compatible with the new charger when launched in '26.
Dagr It's same architecture as Renault 5 I think under the skin.
I thought Nissan's stable-mate for the R5 was to be called the Micra ? (That's not to say a new Leaf wouldn't share lots of design.)
DD
Ah you're right, the Micra comes first then the Leaf comes later. I think it's same capabilities in terms of V2X but the next gen Leaf is far enough away that they can change their minds as yet - It looks like they just pushed the Leaf back a bit and are cutting production plans a bit.