New California law might soon force bidirectional charging upon EV makers

Although some electric vehicles, such as the Nissan Leaf and the Kia Nero, already offer some kind of bidirectional charging, this feature is still far from becoming mainstream. However, Gavin Newsom has just signed a new law that could fasten the process of adding this feature to EVs, at least those being sold in California.

According to Electrek, adding bidirectional charging could lead to solid benefits for an entire region. This would come either from the capability to output electricity back to the grid or at least to a powerpack used by an individual household. The same source (link in the Source(s) section) claims that

Widespread use of bidirectional charging could lead to huge benefits for efficiency, grid resiliency, and enable much greater penetration of renewable electricity generation.

California's power greed needs to face extremely high demand as climate change increases the number of summer days when the use of air conditioning becomes a must for most businesses and homes. Right now, California uses gas plants to deal with peak demand periods, which generate the worst pollution out of all power-producing methods available in the state.

The problem with the new law is that no timeline has been mentioned for now, so it might take months or at least a few years for things to start moving in the right direction. Those who are already using EVs and might be looking for a charger can now take advantage of the 11% Amazon discount on the Skysword Ⅱ Level 1-2 EV Charger with NEMA 6-20 plug and NEMA 5-15 adapter, which can be acquired for $159 instead of $179.