For years, the promise of an electric vehicle doubling as a home backup battery has sat just out of reach for most California drivers, available only to owners of a narrow slate of trucks and sedans built with bidirectional charging in mind. That is beginning to change. Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today a significant expansion of its Vehicle-to-Everything program, adding new charging partners and a wider range of eligible vehicles that give residential customers more ways to turn their EVs into tools for savings, resilience, and grid support. The expansion adds Bidirectional Energy and PowerFlex as approved program partners, broadening the roster of automakers, charger manufacturers, and software providers that customers can choose from. It also brings EVs from Kia, Volvo, Polestar, and Nissan into the program for the first time, building on a list that already included vehicles from Ford, Tesla, Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac. A Technology Built on Choice PG&E’s V2X program offers financial incentives to customers who install bidirectional EV charging equipment, hardware that allows an EV battery to send power back out rather than simply drawing it in. That two-way flow means a parked car can supply backup power to a home during an outage, help a household manage its energy costs by shifting when it draws from the grid, or feed electricity back to PG&E during periods of high demand. David Almeida, PG&E’s Director of Clean Energy Transportation, framed the expansion as fundamentally about broadening access. By adding more vehicle and charger combinations to the eligible list, he said, the utility is making it easier for customers to adopt the technology while giving their EVs a second job as a grid asset. New Vehicles and Chargers Join the List The newly eligible combinations reflect a mix of established and newer EV models paired