Chery Unveils China's First Large-Scale AC Vehicle-to-Grid Station at Wuhu Summit

Chery is putting bidirectional charging front and center at its 2026 International User Summit in Wuhu, Anhui, where it will present what it calls China’s first AC vehicle-to-grid (V2G) demonstration site built at scale. The event runs from 19 to 23 October, with more than 2,000 guests expected to attend.

At the heart of the display is a smart energy centre that ties together solar generation, battery storage and charging infrastructure into a single local microgrid. That setup is capable of supporting megawatt-level ultra-fast charging while also feeding a renewable energy rest area on site. The V2G capability lets vehicles draw power when tariffs are low and push electricity back into the grid when demand spikes; where the hardware allows, the same technology can also keep homes and communities supplied during outages. A separate island mode keeps charging operational even when the wider grid goes down.

Chery is pairing the site with several of its own energy technologies. The Volt-dragon Charger is designed to cut charging times, and the company says it is also researching superconducting charging as a longer-term avenue. For households, the Energy Cube system bundles solar panels, batteries and bidirectional charging to help owners get more out of the electricity they generate themselves. On the battery front, Chery is offering its long-cycle-life Rhino cells while continuing work on solid-state batteries, with laboratory samples said to show strong stress tolerance — a result the company links to ongoing safety work in both automotive and residential applications.

The V2G push is not confined to China. Chery has already installed a microgrid combining solar, storage and high-power charging at an electric heavy-duty truck park in Spain. The company sees that project as a template that could be repeated across freight operations elsewhere.

The Wuhu summit gives Chery a stage to frame its energy strategy as more than a vehicle story, positioning charging, storage and grid interaction as a connected business. Whether the demonstration site translates into commercial rollout at scale remains the question the Chinese automaker will need to answer next.