The electric vehicle market in California could see significant changes if two bills introduced by a Bay Area state senator become law.
Senate Bill 680, one of the bills from state Sen. Nancy Skinner, would limit sales of electric vehicles to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, which would make California the first state to limit the price of EVs, according to a release from Skinner.
The other, Senate Bill 233, would require all electric vehicles sold in the state to incorporate bidirectional charging technology, which allows a vehicle’s charged battery to be used as an outgoing power source.
The state began a partnership with the federal government and industry stakeholders in 2022 to build infrastructure to make it easier to monetize such two-way power generation, known as vehicle to everything, or V2X charging, according to a U.S. Department of Energy press release.
V2X charging has two categories, V2H, which enables a vehicle to power a house or building, and V2G, which allows a vehicle to send excess power directly to the local power grid, according to the California Department of Energy.
Skinner said part of the motivation for SB 233 is that not many EVs utilize the technology.
Only two models, the Nissan Leaf and the Ford F-150 Lightning, have both capabilities, although other models allow a third type — V2L, which uses a different type of technology to power small household appliances, according to cars.com.
California has outpaced the national rate of sales of electric vehicles, often called EVs, by threefold in 2022, but Skinner said the vehicles are still out of financial reach for many people.
“One problem is that while EV prices are starting to drop, they’re still too high for most consumers. SB 680 will ensure that EVs are more affordable by barring auto dealers from jacking up prices. And SB 233 will make EVs more attractive to consumers by enabling them to use their car batteries to power their homes,” Skinner said. She added that the language of SB 233 would be finalized in the coming weeks.
California will phase out the sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 if it meets the timeline laid out in a 2020 law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to transform the auto industry in the state to try to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the future.
What effect on vehicle battery life?
So our democRAT leadership will push to limit the cost of EV cars, but not the price of gasoline. Hey RATS, your bias is showing.
As for the bi-directional, that is an awesome FEATURE, but why is a state mandating that? It is not a safety feature, like seatbelts, airbags, crash testing … so how is the state going to mandate that the manufacture provide a FEATURE to a car.
I also do not believe we will meet the 2035 goal of no ICE vehicles. I am looking forward to buying a new one in 2035 while in California though.
Memo to legislators: you are not innovators, technologists nor scientists. You’re just a bunch of opportunists and narcissists. Leave the innovation to those who understand and know the technology. Otherwise your ideas are doomed to fail leaving the public in a bad spot.
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Because “global warming”.
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…Sacrasm intended.
Since I don’t trust much with government mandates I am assuming maybe this is their way of admitting the power grid will fail more often so we will need our $55,000 mandated electric vehicle to power our toaster for breakfast.
So your trying to keep the cost down but you’re adding more requirements. How much are these requirements going to add to the cost. Brought to you by the same politicians that went from a 100 billion surplus, to a projected 25 billion deficit.
Just think if we had this years ago you could turn your Buicks V8 into a wheat thrasher in the central valley for extra bucks. What is wrong with our representatives? All you need is an adapter to fit in where you charge it.
Ms. Skinner is with us through 2024 until term limits take care of her service. I am assuming she will be putting up many more pretty radical ideas……
Yes, restrict the sales price and watch them take their EVs out of California and sell them in other states. Another clueless Democrat with zero understanding of economics.
… just another political stunt to try and gain or retain support from voters who just vote for incumbents anyway
In the furture, pushing electric vehicles will be second to towing them
Does Governor Newscum drive an electric car and fly in an electric plane.That should be mandatory for that piece of crap politician.
So, I take it that by 2035 they will be building EV’s that can tow a camp trailer at least 250 miles before having to be recharged and make it so it will be fully recharged in 5 minutes so travelers can get back on the road and continue their vacation/travels.
Also, make sure every state has plenty of charging stations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico so the travelers can drive anywhere.
No, in 2035 they don’t want to you travel more than 15 minutes from your home and by foot.
Further government control of industry.
Amusing how DEMs think all they have to do is pass a bill and magically, Utopia of electricity storage is achieved. Doesn’t matter that EV battery life will diminish.
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For some reason they believe electricity can be saved like water.
Why doesn’t CA build water batteries. (We’ll wait while groupie looks it up)
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Hyatt-Thermalito complex built in 1960s pumps water back up into lake Oroville during off peak times to be reused to generate electricity. An NO not a mistype, 1960s, back when there were actually competent people running this state.
https://tinyurl.com/28m8s2vs
https://www.energy.gov/eere/water/pumped-storage-hydropower
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Problem with pumped hydro, doesn’t generate recurring campaign contributions for politicians.
I can see where V2H & V2L would be attractive manufacture upgrade options. Not required standard features.
However, there is serious doubt anyone will have “excess power” in their EV to sell back to the local grid (V2G). EV’s don’t generate energy.
How about removing the dealer markup for an F150 for hard working blue collar workers. Oh, wait, it has to about EVs cause of climate…. these people are stupid.