Are EP systems already ready for bidirectional charging/discharging of electric cars?

Product Discussion BLUETTI EnergyPro Series
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Electric car manufacturers and wallbox manufacturers are increasingly advertising that they support bidirectional charging/discharging. ‘Vehicle-2-Home’ and ‘Vehicle-2-Grid’ according to ISO standard 15118-20.
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What is the situation at BLUETTI? Is support/implementation planned, or will my EP (Ep600, EP2000, etc.) remain purely passive and just watch as the wallbox tries to work it out with [Blackbox]?

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At least EP2000 have a mode that meant interact with heating pumps for intelligent power distrubution. I assume something like you mention could be technicly possible and since they already built in a feature to interact with other high consumers, would be a great addition

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It sounds good that the EP2000 has a mode for interaction with heat pumps, etc. However, there are also ‘older’ EPs, such as the EP600, hundreds of which have been installed in Germany and Austria.
Somehow, I get the feeling that Bluetti is holding back a bit and only focusing on the latest devices. Existing customers are just unlucky to have bought from Bluetti too early, right?

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I wouldnt say that. Because EP600 also have features i wished to have with EP2000. They are just different systems. EP600 isnt really build for charge an EV or running a heatpump with is 6kw output. Is the EP600 also limited to 6kw charging, right?

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Right, but I use two EP600s in parallel, so I have 12 kW input/output power.
My concern is not whether I could charge a car with the EP600, but rather that someone should be the master and be able to determine which device, the EP, the wallbox, or perhaps even a heat pump, receives priority access to the PV power.
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A conceivable scenario for me: the EP is already full, PV goes into the electric car and any peak load from the heat pump should not come from the grid, but from the EP600… which can recharge later (with PV or when electricity is cheap from the grid).

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Hello, can you please share details on the EP2000 feature to connect to Heat Pumps? I have t found anything of that sort in my app although it’s updated.

Thanks.

Mattia