PG&E Expands V2X Program in California with More Vehicles and Chargers

Pacific Gas and Electric has broadened its Vehicle-to-Everything initiative in California, giving customers a wider selection of compatible vehicles and charging equipment. The program is designed to let electric cars double as portable energy storage, so they can keep a home running during blackouts or feed electricity back into the grid when demand peaks.

By adding more vehicle models and charger choices, the utility aims to make it easier for households to participate in V2X without being locked into a narrow set of hardware. That flexibility could encourage more EV owners to treat their cars as an energy asset rather than just a means of transport.

The expansion reflects a growing push among utilities to tap into the batteries sitting in driveways and garages as a distributed resource. As V2X hardware matures, programs like this one may become a standard part of the electric grid’s toolkit for balancing supply and demand.