The early uptake of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) chargers in the UK will be set back by policies designed to flatten the daily price variations in electricity. If such policies remain in place, or propagate across Europe, R&D companies like Indra will have to shift their focus to either smart charging or a vehicle-to-home offering. The policies in question stem from Ofgem’s Targeted Charging Review (TCR), which will run for at least two years from April 2021. The consultation aimed to address the uncertainty in forward-looking charges for electricity on the country’s national grid, as well as ‘residual charges,’ which are essentially non-consumer related sunk costs. Any changes implemented, according to Ofgem, were to be “designed to remove any unintended distortions and…