Twike.Team

We agree that the smart-home system should remain responsible for the overall energy management. However, we would not treat the TWIKE battery like a separately purchased home battery.

The traction battery is primarily purchased for vehicle range and is already available whenever the vehicle is parked and connected. For its use as an additional home-storage resource, the relevant economics are therefore mainly the incremental effort for integration, control and communication rather than the full battery cost.

If bidirectional charging can be implemented without causing disproportionate additional battery ageing, it can make sense to use part of the available capacity alongside a stationary home battery. Especially considering calendar ageing, useful additional use of an existing traction battery can be more efficient than leaving most of its capacity unused while the vehicle is parked.

For us, the key question is therefore not “TWIKE battery versus home battery”, but how both can be integrated intelligently and used where each makes the most sense.

— TWIKE Team