Gov. Gavin Newsom called two-way charging technology a “game changer,” saying “this is the future” during a speech last September, about a week after the heat wave ended.already approved by the state Senate in a 29-9 vote would require all new electric cars sold in California to be equipped with bidirectional technology by 2030. In the Assembly, two committees approved the bill earlier this month and it is now under consideration by a third.
“It should be on the menu of options that California has. Is it going to be the number one option? Definitely not.” “Five percent of the time you’re using the car and you want to have enough energy — electricity or gasoline — to get to where you’re going and back. But most of the time, it’s just sitting there and some other use could be made of it,” he said.
“Not all customers will see an advantage of bidirectional charging, and therefore, should not have to pay more for a technology that they will not use.”About $3,000 of that cost would be adding battery capacity to meet warranty requirements, while other costs are for hardware and software. “If you have an EV you don’t need that diesel generator,” Skinner said. “Why would we want to encourage diesel generators? They’re extremely polluting.”