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Vehicle to Home (V2H) Episode 1
July 2023: This brief update is the fifth in our series of videos that describes how we are now finally moving from Vehicle to Grid ( V2G ) to test out Vehicle to Home (V2H).
We strongly believe Indra's new software and the Octopus Flux tariff will be our best bet in the future. We have therefore implemented a change of electricity supplier from OVO to Octopus and Indra has upgraded our charger with their new V2H software.
If you haven't seen the Installation video, you can find it here:
ua-cam.com/video/-h_5QHUOQ1Q/v-deo.html .
You can find the three months of experience video here:
ua-cam.com/video/pq_aQwWAK4o/v-deo.html .
Episode 3, One Year with the Leaf can be found here:
ua-cam.com/video/7h9EecmLatY/v-deo.html .
Episode 4, Three years with the Leaf can be found here:
ua-cam.com/video/JcGdy66f3Kc/v-deo.html
Please do comment and ask questions; tell us your experiences with V2G and/or V2H in the comments. We try to answer all your questions.
We strongly believe Indra's new software and the Octopus Flux tariff will be our best bet in the future. We have therefore implemented a change of electricity supplier from OVO to Octopus and Indra has upgraded our charger with their new V2H software.
If you haven't seen the Installation video, you can find it here:
ua-cam.com/video/-h_5QHUOQ1Q/v-deo.html .
You can find the three months of experience video here:
ua-cam.com/video/pq_aQwWAK4o/v-deo.html .
Episode 3, One Year with the Leaf can be found here:
ua-cam.com/video/7h9EecmLatY/v-deo.html .
Episode 4, Three years with the Leaf can be found here:
ua-cam.com/video/JcGdy66f3Kc/v-deo.html
Please do comment and ask questions; tell us your experiences with V2G and/or V2H in the comments. We try to answer all your questions.
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At face value it appears to be a no-brainer to use the battery in your EV as a power source, not just for driving. Couple that with roof solar and cheaper low rate electricity from the grid many of the issues with renewables disappear. Or am I missing something? A huge thank you to Electra AA.
No, you're not missing anything, Tom, you're spot on! 🙂 Thank you for watching and commenting. Sheila.
This has to be the way to go. We all know that renewables cannot supply a steady flow, and storage will be required. Every EV is a huge battery on wheels and if some if the battery capacity can be used for purposes other than purely propelling the car along the road, well, bring it on.
We only have to look at our electricity bill to know it works brilliantly for us, Tom. Over the last few weeks, when summer seems to have finally arrived, pur car has been making a profit for us most days. Our car just had its 3rd MOT Test (5 tears old) and the SOH of our battery is still over 92% and we are still seeing 230 miles on the GOM. Thank you for watching. Sheila.
I'm late to the EV eutopia, I have an 18yo 3.6kW SunPower PV system that survived a massive hail storm but I had to have it removed to replace my roof and we decided not to have it reattached because it was no longer meeting our needs and these days the real-estate of the old system could be better used by a modern installation. We also bought a 2024 iD.4 to replace our 2005 Prius with a recently dead AC system. With US incentives I'm thinking it might make sense to purchase a base Leaf and use it for V2H/G. Our electric utility just announced measures to protect against wildfire which essentially means they will cut our power off if our area is threatened by wind or downed power lines. We already have an adjusting rate schedule, things will be like CA before we know it. Using a $15k Leaf for V2H/G 1st and backup car 2nd could be reasonable for us. Megawatts are normally denoted MW, mW is milliwatts.
Hello Shiela, firstly i wish to thank you for very interesting, informative and enjoyable videos. The clear manner you speak and explain the issues makes watching your videos so enjoyable. I have solar panels and live in Spain, so generally manage to produce enough electricity to half my electricity bills. I only have a small house and my panels are on the roof. I would very much like to own an electric car but i find they are too expensive at the moment. I will keep watching your interesting series of films. Thank you. Steve
Hello Steve, We have been amazed by the difference having the car plugged in makes. Two days ago, the charger developed a fault around lunchtime but we did not notice until early evening when we rebooted it. The difference that day in our electricity bill was over £3.00! Keep looking out for a second-hand EV, the prices are very affordable now. Thank you for watching and for your kind comments. Sheila.
Muito bom esse tipo de conteúdo, parabéns.
Obrigado por assistir e por seus gentis comentários. Fico feliz que você esteja gostando de nossos vídeos. Sheila.
Very interesting analysis, thanks for sharing. We hope to follow your example when the technology becomes more widely available
Thank you for watching, Terry. Sheila.
Thank you very interesting, I hope to do something similar once it goes mainstream.
We hope everyone gets to do this! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, Terry. Cheers, Sheila.
For CCS2 car, there is a video that demonstrate that V2H can be done as well, see this link: ua-cam.com/users/shortsczvLAO2OMf8?si=-7MTiejuAVKROTMi
Looking forward to seeing your journey.
Thank You very much for Your perfect video. Please be so kind and tell us what concrete model of V2H charger did You used and where did You buy it, because it is not easy to find any shop or e-shop in Europe or outside for buying the very usable bidirectional V2H charger Quasar or another. Many thanks in advance.
The charger we have is this one: www.indra.co.uk/v2h/ Bear in mind though. it's not as easy as just buying a charger and wiring it up. Your electricity provider must also be set up to run and administer the accounting for V2H, and your smart meter must send very frequent updates. both to them and to the remote software that controls the charger. (etc. etc . . .) It's complicated! Remember also. that we had our charger installed free of charge via a UK government-sponsored trial of V2G called Project Sciurus, so we did not have to pay for it or the installation! 🙂 Being retired, if we had had to pay for the whole installation process (see the first video) we could probably not have afforded it. Project Sciurus has now ended and you can download the final report from here: www.cenex.co.uk/projects-case-studies/sciurus/ V2G and V2H will come to everyone in time, we are certain, but right now, we know we're lucky to be doing this. Thank you for watching and asking, Sheila.
Thank You very much for Your perfect video. Please be so kind and tell us what concrete model of V2H charger did You used and where did You buy it, because it is not easy to find any shop or e-shop in Europe or outside for buying the very usable bidirectional V2H charger Quasar or another. Many thanks in advance.
Huge apologies for not seeing your question earlier. This is the unit we have: www.indra.co.uk/v2h/ Thank you for watching. Sheila.
Looking forward to V2G options to come to the US.
We would like to see V2G and V2H being common across the planet! 🙂 Thank you for watching and commenting. Sheila.
With my local power utility, the argument was brought up that homes that deliver power to the grid are only providing the "power generation" portion of what the utility does. The Utility still has to do more than just power generation. They have to transport the power, and maintain the infrastructure. For this reason, it doesn't make sense for home owners to get paid the FULL price of electric power, since they're only providing PART of what it takes to deliver power.
Of course, you are correct. Maybe we'll see some sort of annual or monthly fee that covers maintaining the infrastructure, much as BT charges for a landline (or did.) Thank you for watching and commenting. Sheila.
Homeowners are not just providing power generation. Home owners have invested a lot of money(loans with interest) into this, and they are helping to balance the grid, which reduces the costs for running the grid. Also, remember solar panels, powerwalls, chargers, and evs needs service or maintenance, and they don't last forever. Sooner or later, new ones are needed. Even though I am not into the green movement, I think homeowners are doing a good job, and they must be paid full amount.
@fix-and-drive-diy-repairs So you completely ignore the REAL costs of everything beyond just generating. Transport, security, and maintenance just exist by magic to you.
@suserman7775 you mean the cost of buying and installing solar panels, buying and installing powerwalls, buying and installing chargers, converters, transformers, and buying electric cars and the cost of servicing and maintaining all these stuff? And, the cost of replacing them when they fail or get old. Both the grid and the homeowner have costs, and both should benefit.
@fix-and-drive-diy-repairs All the costs you mention are incurred for the power company's generation too. But the homeowner pays ZERO costs for transport and maintenance and security thereof. Different costs deserve different pay.
Amazing. I watched this video and loved it so much I watched all the videos on this channel in order and then this final video again. The only thing a I don’t like is that there isn’t more to watch. Subscribed. I have plans to build a passive house home in a year or so and V2H was the goal even though my Model 3 doesn’t support it. So at first I will likely have batteries installed in the home and simple 220v (US) outlet for charging to get rolling with my Tesla. Later I will buy the bi-directional v2H charger setup and compatible car. Energy is going to be very expensive as we move through the next couple of decades. I think these systems will pay for themselves within a decade or so and maintenance and upgrades will pay for themselves in half the time of that.
Thank you so much for watching all our videos and for your kind comments. We agree with you, that energy will become more and more expensive as time goes on. Good luck with your Passive Haus, that's quite an undertaking. Can you include solar panels as well? You mention buying a compatible car. Right now CCS does not support V2H but we believe it will in a couple of years, Indra is working very hard on this right now. We will be making another video fairly soon. It has not been totally plain sailing for us, we have had two charger problems requiring Indra to sort it out. We have documented all this and in fact, right now, we are considering changing to another tariff - we think we need to test out all the options open to us. Again, thank you for your ardent watching of our videos! Might we suggest you shoot some video as you build your Passive Haus? 🙂 Cheers, Sheila.
Good luck with your Passivhaus build. We did the same in 2020/21 and have been living in it since then. Ours is 147m2 over 1.5 floors. We installed 13.8kWp of solar on a 10kW SolarEdge inverter but have a 5kW DNO imposed export limit. We have 2 x Tesla Powerwall 2s with a Gateway 2 and myenergi Zappi + Renault Zoe ZE50 for transport and myenergi Eddi + Mixergy HW cylinder for domestic hot water. We have Zehnder MVHR and 2 x 600W electric towel rails for space heating and supplement this with a couple of mobile 600W electric oil-filled radiators when it’s sub-zero outside for more than a week or so. We have no “proper” heating system at all, eg ASHP etc, and we don’t need one. The house stays around 20° year round, just with this very low level of heat input in the coldest months. If I was starting again, I’d install a mini-split air-conditioning system for the main living area and bedroom in order to help keep indoor summer temperatures down and this would have the added benefit of increasing the efficiency of the small amount of winter heating that we use. Having said that, it wouldn’t be worth it just for the winter heating as our annual heating bill is only about £60 - yes, that is per year, not per month. We’re certified to Passivhaus Plus and the house generates an income of about £100 per month or £1,200 per year from our energy exports after having covered the cost of all domestic energy use, including 10k miles per year in the EV. Enjoy your project - it’ll be well worth it! 🌞
Wow, I have a 2013 Leaf. Maybe I'll get a vehicle to grid or vehicle to home system.
Hi, I'd love to get in touch with you about your experience for a university project about V2G. Do you have a business email or a way that I can contact you?
Hello, Tim, If you go to my personal website at sheilajoynes (dot) com you will find my contact details there. Cheers, Sheila.
Someone, somewhere is trying to work out ways of fleecing the public and make the maximum profit out of people who want to convert solar to power.
To those people claiming that the grid would not be able to cope with the charging of ev’s. This shows how ill-informed that viewpoint is. My solar panels produce more power in a year than we consume, yet we are paying more money than before. Some people are making money off me, and it’s robbery. Time for things to change.
how do you wire into the home from the car to do this wonderful thing.. thank, you super vid
Hi, Patrick, I have uploaded a photo for you: www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/coxbwCtn3xeLUMqT29nJHoqpqccVlfv5u1drvmCyUYS Basically, the connection is made as follows: The incoming (and outgoing) mains connection first comes into the property via the company fuse - currently rated at 80 amps although we could go to 100 amps in the future if ever needed. Next in line is the smart meter that measures the current in both directions and reports regularly both to Indra and to Octopus. Next is a new, additional, isolation switch so the entire system can be switched off so it can be worked on when necessary. Next is a new junction box that splits the single connection into two . . . The first of these connections goes into the house to the usual domestic consumer unit in the kitchen. The consumer unit also connects to the solar panels via a generation meter in the kitchen that totals up the output from our solar panels (currently around 28mWh since we had them installed). The second connection from the junction box goes to a new, separate isolation switch just for the EV system. Then there is an external circuit breaker for the EV system only. This leads in turn on to an external power switch immediately before the charger so we can switch off the charger (in order to reboot it for example). Finally, the charger is connected. The charger will always take a few watts of power from the mains so it can synchronise its 50Hz output with the incoming mains. (The solar panels inverter is doing the same of course). The charger does all the clever work of matching the load from the house (minus what's coming directly from the solar panels) with what it's taking from the car. Basically, when the charger is generating electricity to keep our use of mains electricity as close to zero as possible it takes charge from the car and feeds it backwards through the set-up as just described. When it's exporting to the grid it will take up to 6kW from the car and feed it backwards into the grid, effectively running the smart meter in reverse and crediting us. The software changes modes at different times of day to minimise our charged-for electricity. (An item to note is when this picture was taken, the CT clamp was on the *wrong cable for V2H!* This simple fault caused all sorts of headaches initially. More about this in the next episode. Maybe we should do a section on how it's all connected in the next video!) 🙂 Thank you for watching and asking the question. Cheers, Sheila.
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Thank you for watching. Sheila.
Thanks for the update. I appreciate your video style- it gives me the real life experience and detail that I am looking for, so well done! I am a bit jealous- i would love to have been in the Indra trial, alas i was too slow. I have 2 chademo cars on the driveway which could be going to good use! Anyway, thanks again and I look forward to your next video.
Australia has 20 million vehicles, and the USA has 300 million vehicles. When you do the maths, it comes to 3 times the max fossil fueled generation in storage. Daily The UK would have similar proportions. Australia has 20 million buildings, and the USA has 300 million buildings all connected to the national grid and all with rooftop space for solar generation most months of the year. In Australia rooftop is cheaper than windows $/m2. 😮😮😮😮😊😊😊 Just saying, not many people have put the numbers together. The future is in the facts and numbers. Elon Musk knows that he will become an energy company and a vehicle manufacturer. The auto manufacturers know this. The power companies know this and want government GARRENTEED nuclear power plants and the cash flows locked in. Unfortunately the electric future would need massive and stupendously expensive national transmission grid fattening all the way to the millions of ends of the grid if central generation was government policy. You are demonstrating the power of the dispersed generation and storage to protect our fragile national power grid. Blackout protection. The real money will be in the grid ownership, balancing the millions of grid storage. 😊😊😊😊
The home robotic vacuum cleaner plugs into the national grid 23hrs daily, but cannot daytrade electricity like the EV will be able to do. The EV will be the grid energy storage that stabilises the grid. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 The EV will be the VPP, virtual power plant, the selfparking EV will plug into the grid 23hrs every day and talk to the grid. Your home rooftop generator, PV system will also be the VPP and talk to the grid. The daily drive is very small demand of your EV big battery, so daily top-up is EZI PEZI. 😊😊😊😊
Looks like NISAN don't like V2G in USA maybe in Canada or Mexico California dealer don't chaved any information and working me if you grab any energy from car you guaranty be history. Maybe somebody now Sam place sells equipment to suck energy from NISAN?
Great to see you on the Indra V2H webinar. Thanks for updates. I thought it'll be quicker to ask you than Indra, I'm about to pay the install cost. Are the V2H inverter management web interface usable on a smart phone? For example if i want to quickly change V2H operating mode. Also, how are you finding the V2H software? Thanks very much.
Hi, the simpler answer is yes. It's a web-based system so any device with a browser will do. The interface is OK. There are a few enhancements we would like to see such as setting our preferred minimum state of charge. This is in the pipeline already. Thank you for watching. Sheila.
@@SheilaJoynesDid you answer with the wrong account?
What brand and model of V2X charger are you all using?
Hi, Brent, Sorry for the delay in replying. This is the charger we are using: www.indra.co.uk/v2h/ Cheers, Sheila.
Although I do understand the V2G figures you showed in the previous video I still don’t understand why one would choose V2H over V2G. Can you explain to me what the difference is and why you now choose V2H over V2G?
Really enjoying the content. I don't have a V2G car at the moment but this will be a must-have for our next car. As a budding newbie youTuber could you advise what video editing software you use, as the videos always look very professional?
Hi, when you buy your EV make sure it will work with V2G / V2H. CCS connectors are becoming the standard at least across Europe but are only just now starting to support V2X and so far, none of them seem to have implemented it in the same way. Indra says right now, they would have to modify each charger to suit the CCS vehicle being attached! As for video editing, we know some very successful UA-camrs who use the standard iMovie editor that comes with Apple computers or the standard Windows editors. Have a look at this link: is.gd/Link4Frothster Having said that, Stephen used to make educational TV programmes for a living. He uses Adobe Premiere Elements in Expert mode to edit our videos. He also uses DaVinci Resolve, especially for colour grading. www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve This has the big advantage of being free for personal use but is a fully-fledged feature film editing product and is thus non-trivial to learn and use; there are plenty of tutorial videos on UA-cam though. Basically, keep it simple to start with and if you really get into it, go for Premiere Elements. Cheers, Sheila.
I am retired so the car is in the garage most of the time. I went over to V2H on the 25th of last month. I am still with Ovo at the moment as my solar is charging the car at this time. Up to now my electricity bill is 0. I have a heat pump so when we get nearer winter will go on to I think Ovo go. I think at this time night rate is 9.5 pence. Buy the way I have a 30 Kwh Leaf.
Hi, Bob, Your electricity bill is showing a good figure; well done! Thank you for watching and sharing your experiences. Cheers, Sheila.
Have followed your adventures with V2G and now V2H since the start and this one's as fascinating and informative as ever. One question, it seems to me that under the new arrangements with the setup importing cheap energy overnight and, if there is a surplus, exporting to the grid at peak times the system is still performing V2G. Am I missing something?
Hi, Malcolm, No, you're not missing anything. If there is surplus energy the system will sell it but that is not its primary objective - which is never to BUY any at anything other than the cheap overnight rate and even then to minimise it. To be honest, we're not totally happy with the software yet; it left us with a 10% charge one morning recently - insufficient for the morning's activities. We're all guinea pigs at this stage. 🙂 Thank you for watching and commenting, Sheila.
A great video in stages to finally have V2H. Could you tell me what wall box charger is being used for this? Looking forward to your next video.
Hi, The charger is from Indra. see: ua-cam.com/video/WEFe5HYsa0E/v-deo.html You can see it being installed, in this video: ua-cam.com/video/-h_5QHUOQ1Q/v-deo.html Thank you for watching. Sheila.
@@ElectrAA Many thanks for the info.
Another great video. I am still waiting for mine to be installed. I upgraded to a Leaf + in anticipation. The battery degradation is similar to yours.
Hi. Thanks a lot for the great update. I am the same as you and have moved to Octopus and am currently using V2H. Can I ask, how did you get Octopus to approve the exporting? They are asking my for my MSC certificate (which Ovo tell me is not needed) and the DNO approval for which Ovo have given me a reference number. Thanks. Peter
Hi, Peter, The exporting has only been sorted out since we made the video. We had the MSC certificate so that part was OK, but we did not have the DNO approval letter. We had to send National Grid (stupid company name - Western Power as-was) pictures of the bar-coded sticker on the side of our solar inverter, documentation about the installation, the original generation FIT application form and the buildings regulations certificate of compliance. To give them their due, they generated the DNO acknowledgement letter very quickly - within 18 hours in fact. We sent all this on to Octopus which also responded very rapidly and we have been on the proper Flux tariff since this morning! We will be telling this story as part of our next video of course! 🙂 Thank you for watching and commenting. Cheers, Sheila.
@@ElectrAAAm I asking too soon? 😁
Hi thanks for the video update and I got my V2H update last week also. So far so good...I'm on Octopus Go as I don't have solar and I use our 10 year old Leaf 24. We have a Leaf 40 also so can swap if we need to. So we charge up from 00:30-4:30 and load match for the rest of the day. I'll be interested to see how you solar and exporting works for you as this is a future consideration for me. The videos are very informative and reassuring for fellow V2H'ers. Cheers
Thanks for the explanation and update. You should talk to the fully charged guys. I'm sure they'd love you
Thanks for the explanation and update. You should talk to the fully charged guys. I'm sure they'd love you
Hi, David, We met Robert Llewellyn a few years ago. Fully Charged has done several videos on V2G so I don't think we're that interesting to them. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Sheila.
@@ElectrAAthey have never done V2H and they have never covered an active house in the uk. I’m sure they would be interested.
@@danielwalls5150 We'll give it a couple of months until we have some sensible data to share and we'll maybe drop Robert an email. Cheers, Sheila.
@@ElectrAA I’m looking forward to the data that’s to come. By the way, if you haven’t already, I would recommend signing yourself up on the octopus home mini trial. It’s a small box which allows you to view live usage in your phone and also display export data in real time. It’s been a life saver for my solar set up.
@@danielwalls5150 We hadn't heard about that so we investigated and have now "expressed our interest". 🙂 Thank you for the tip. Sheila.
Thanks for the update, yes, exciting times indeed! 😀
We'll let everyone know what's happening as soon as we can. Thank you for watching and commenting. Sheila.
I've been waiting for this update . im loooking forward to hearing your Stats.
@@malcolmstreet1 We'll talk with Muikc Schooling about that. I wonder if they are all compatible? 😕
A lovely, articulate and informative presentation. Cheers for this. My family here in New Zealand have a 7kw solar setup, a 40kw Leaf, a home charger in the garage and all works wonderfully as you accurately stated. v2G is being tested in Auckland and soon here in Christchurch where we live. We’re looking forward to the progress. People constantly inquire about the downside and we constantly declare there simply isn’t. Charging at home overnight using lower night rates, charging free with solar on sunny days, getting paid for exporting excess energy to the grid has exceeded our expectations. The Nissan Leaf performs flawlessly; no oil changes or tuneups and all quietly without fumes while never having to visit a petrol station. V2G will be a delightful addition to this already contented energy consumer.
Hi, Owen, Thank you for your positive and uplifting comment. You're right, there is no downside to V2G / V2H / V2X. I am pleased this is catching on all over the world. We're still waiting for everyone's ducks to fall in a row so we can change from V2G and test out V2H. I think we're getting close. We had a Webinar with Indra a couple of weeks ago and there is a second one scheduled which should give us details of the OTA charger upgrade. At that point, we will have to change electricity suppliers to get a low overnight rate, We'll keep everyone updated of course. Thank you for watching and commenting. Sheila.
Given all the increases in supply cost is it still (IYO) worth doing if you own a leaf (no solar) charging at night and using during the day? V2H in particular
It's been 2 years, but i've just watched it for the first time as i'm interessted in V2G as well. Great video, thanks!
Thank you for your amazing video.🎉
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment.
She is my favorite UA-camr now
Very interesting And as a blind subscriber I’d like to commend you on the excellent dialogue overlay thanks very much Cheers
this is the best series of EV videos I have seen in my life!
It's kind of you to watch and take the time to comment. Thank you! Sheila.
this is the cutest video of EV I've seen.. good on the lady for being so switched on
This is one of the best videos I have seen on UA-cam. I'm going to watch them all. I'm from the Netherlands where all benefits to own solar panels are diminishing thanks to our Government. Next month there is going to be new law and facts of the future will be known. We are looking to get the V2L working in our favour and hopefully we can make new investments to be even more self sufficient. I do like the gadget at 9.28 that shows Kw usage. Hopefully I can find info about it in one of yours videos. Thank you for sharing.
Hi, thank you for your kind comments. I hope the Netherlands government make sensible laws for you and you can start doing V2G and V2H soon. The gadget at 9:28 is simply an "IHD" an In-Home display. In the UK, electricity supply companies have been giving them away when they install smart meters. The idea is that if you see what you are using and how much it's costing you will reduce your consumption. It does help. If you have a smart meter, there is probably a display that will work with it over your house WiFi. Here is an example but you will need to check compatibility with your meter. is.gd/IHD_Thing 🙂 Thank you for watching and commenting; and good luck! Sheila.
Great video. Did you make it on to the Indra V2H scheme? I have just put my deposit down on a V2H charger, which I will use with Octopus Go and my solar panels.
Hi, Ian, No, we haven't gone to the Indra scheme, at least, not yet. Originally OVO were due to stop the V2G scheme in January, but we were getting very strong messages that they were about to launch their own V2H scheme. They have now postponed the end of their V2G programme until March at which time they have promised a new significant announcement. So, right now the government subsidy along with V2G and our solar panels are keeping our payments reasonable so we'll wait to see what OVO do. It could be interesting. Thank you for watching and commenting. Sheila.
I haven't ploughed through all the comments to see if the odometer reading anomaly has been resolved, but I noticed that the 5456 mile reading on the form would correspond to 8780 kilometres. It looks as if someone entered the odometer reading on the car into the system as being kilometres instead of miles.
This error in inputting the car mileage would presumably influence the quality of any conclusions arrived at regarding the "treatment" of the battery (charging) and the degradation of the battery?