GM's Newest EVs Will Be Able to Power Your Home by 2026
All of General Motors' electric vehicles equipped with an Ultium battery will be able to power homes by 2026.
The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV will be the first to have this vehicle-to-home (V2H) capability. It will be followed by the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1, 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, 2024 Cadillac Lyriq, and the upcoming Cadillac Escalade IQ, which GM will reveal on Aug. 9.
The list does not include the top-selling Chevy Bolt, as it does not have an Ultium battery, at least not until GM re-launches it with one.
"GM Energy's growing ecosystem of energy management solutions will help accelerate GM’s vision of an all-electric future, by further expanding access to even more benefits that EVs can offer," says Wade Sheffer, vice president of GM Energy. The company plans to transition to an all-electric vehicle lineup by 2035.
GM began its foray into home energy in October 2022 when it announced a new GM Energy division. It's a point of differentiation from other EV makers, which we noted in our 2023 Best EV Brands, though Tesla kicked off the trend with its Powerwall products back in 2015. Not all EVs have bidirectional or V2H charging, though.
GM has already built out a portfolio(Opens in a new window) of household power products under the Ultium Home brand, including three product bundles(Opens in a new window) for customers interested in V2H and stationary energy storage systems. In the future, GM plans to help customers connect their vehicles to the electrical grid, selling excess power for cash and helping offset demands on the US' strained electric grid.
"The technology allows consumers to store and transfer energy to help offset electricity needs during peak demand days and
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