ACT Fleet V2G Project Gets AU$4M for 130-EV Deployment

Australia's ACT Government fleet will deploy up to 130 electric vehicles and bidirectional chargers under a new vehicle-to-grid project backed by AU$4 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

The project, called Realising Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Services 2, or REVS2, is being delivered by JET Charge. It is designed to test how fleet EVs can provide transport while also exporting electricity back to the grid during periods of high demand.

From outage proof to daily operations

ARENA says the project builds on an earlier ACT Government trial in which fleet vehicles exported power during a February 2024 outage. The next phase is meant to move beyond a controlled demonstration and test vehicle-to-grid operations in a larger, working government fleet.

That distinction matters. A V2G program has to account for the vehicle's first job: being available when its driver or department needs it. REVS2 will test charging and export behavior in routine operations rather than treating parked vehicles as a stand-alone energy asset.

What fleet teams can watch

For fleet managers, the useful questions are operational: which vehicles can reliably be plugged in when grid demand peaks, how bidirectional charging affects depot workflows, and whether the value of exported electricity outweighs added hardware, controls, and battery-management complexity.

ACT's deployment will not answer every question for a U.S. private fleet, but it gives the industry a real operating case to watch. The project is a reminder that electrification planning increasingly reaches beyond vehicle range and charger counts to include how a depot interacts with the local grid.