It was a football game on TV that sparked Nancy Skinner’s interest in bidirectional charging, an emerging technology that allows an EV’s battery to not just soak up energy but to discharge it, too — to a home, to other cars or even back to the utility grid…
In January, Skinner introduced Senate Bill 233, which would require all electric cars, light-duty trucks and school buses sold in California to support bidirectional charging by model year 2030 — five years before the state is set to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars. A mandate for bidirectional charging would ensure that carmakers “can’t just put a premium price on a feature,” said Skinner…
“Many drivers will prefer to have their vehicles fully charged, just in case they need to take a sudden long trip. When my sister went into labor, I dropped everything and drove several states away to be there.” Jeremy Michalek, Vehicle Electrification Group, on one of the potential hurdles to widespread adoption of biodirectional charging, allowing your electric vehicle to give back energy to the grid, helping keep your home lit during a blackout or during times of high demand.
