The California legislature has introduced a bill that would make two-way charging possible for all new electric vehicles sold in the state starting in 2027.
First discovered by Charged electric car, SB 233 passed the California Senate Energy Committee and is now turning to the Senate Transportation Committee on April 25 for further consideration. If enacted, the measure would ensure all new electric vehicles sold in California after 2027 will have the ability to discharge electricity from their battery packs to support the grid or provide backup power to households. family.
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“SB 233 will make electric vehicles more attractive to consumers by allowing them to use car batteries to power their homes,” said State Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley). ), the bill’s sponsor, said in a statement.
Bidirectional charging itself will also be incentivized by funding incentives that are higher than those already available for standard EVs and charging infrastructure. The measure proposes to make this change effective July 1, 2024. New California last year expanded. two-way charging pilot programbrings additional advantages to disadvantaged communities and brings in some single-family homes.
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Those programs include a microgrid pilot that can see how effectively privately owned electric vehicles can help combat power outages—for example, with Ford F-150 Lightning and its Smart Backup Power system.
So far, only a small group of EVs offer two-way charging. In addition to the F-150 Lightning and Hyundai/Kia/Genesis models based on the automaker’s E-GMP platform, Lucid said that this capability will be enabled soon, and that it already offers a compatible home charger with it. Volvo has equipped Its coming EX90 with bidirectional charging hardware for AC and DC use, and Volkswagen has announced its main line of electric vehicles will provide bidirectional charging in the near future.
