Meanwhile, Ford Motor Co. has been promoting its mighty F-150 Lightning electric truck as a backup power source on wheels, capable of re-energizing homes during an outage, and Tesla Inc. has plans to introduce two-way charging in its models in the coming years.
The PG&E grid has faced a barrage of challenges from extreme weather. An unprecedented series of drenching atmospheric rivers this past winter led to prolonged outages that left residents and city officials frustrated. The utility has plans to invest billions of dollars to fortify its grid against wilder weather. To mitigate another major risk — wildfires — PG&E is also resorting to deliberate power outages in high fire-risk zones, to prevent its power lines from sparking blazes.
With bidirectional charging, drivers can take advantage of California’s abundant solar energy during the day to charge their cars, subsequently returning power to the grid during crucial evening periods when demand surges — especially during summer heat waves when air conditioners are running full blast, functioning as an emergency backup power source.
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