The Californian state senate has provisionally passed a bill to mandate that electric vehicles (EVs) sold after 2030 will have to be vehicle to grid (V2G) compatible. While the bill has not yet been ratified into state law, it looks increasingly inevitable that the state will become the first to mandate the requirement despite automakers’ existing commercial incentive to do so. Vehicle to grid capability and the capability for bidirectional charging should be a significant selling point for consumers in regions where natural disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, or earthquakes threaten grid infrastructure. While this is usually covered by energy storage systems like Moss Landing in the state it can be quite expensive to deploy systems large enough dedicated towards infrequent…