https://www.theverge.com/2023/....8/8/23823166/gm-ev-b

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GM says all of its EVs will be able to power your home by 2026

/ The Chevy Silverado EV will be the first model to get vehicle-to-home bidirectional capabilities, followed by electric models from GMC and Cadillac.
By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.

Aug 8, 2023, 60 AM PDT

General Motors announced that all of its electric vehicles will have bidirectional vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging capabilities by model year 2026.

The first vehicle to be released with bidirectional V2H charging will be the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV, followed by the 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1, 2024 Chevy Blazer EV, 2024 Chevy Equinox EV, 2024 Cadillac Lyriq, and the upcoming Cadillac Escalade IQ (which is getting a proper debut later this week).

The revived Chevy Bolt with Ultium powertrain was not included on the official list, but Derek Sequeira, director for EV ecosystems at GM, said that, as a future Ultium model, it would very likely include bidirectional charging as well.

Adding bidirectional charging powers will be “a game changer,” Sequeira said, “because it gives more customers the ability to unlock the value of their electric vehicle.”

“It gives more customers the ability to unlock the value of their electric vehicle”

Bidirectional charging works exactly like it sounds: with unidirectional (one-way) EV chargers, electricity flows from the electric grid into the electric vehicle; with bidirectional (two-way) EV chargers, electricity can flow both ways.

The idea is to use bidirectional charging equipment to push and pull energy from electric vehicles at any given time. In essence, it treats high-capacity lithium-ion batteries not only as tools to power EVs but also as backup storage cells to charge other electric devices, an entire home, or even to send power to the electrical grid for possible energy savings.

And in case you were wondering whether you had the right equipment to connect your electric truck to your home, GM has you covered there, too. GM Energy, the automaker’s energy spinoff, recently announced a suite of home products, including two Ultium Home kits to enable V2H charging between an EV and a home. GM says prices will be available for these products later this year....CONT..."NNIICCEEE"!!! 😎🤩🥰😍

 

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GM says all of its electric vehicles will have bidirectional vehicle-to-home charging capabilities by 2026. The first EV will be the electric Chevy Silverado, due out later this year.