GM Wants To Own Your Entire Home EV Charging Process

Buying an electric vehicle is a great step toward cutting your driving emissions, but you’ll want to install a home charger to make owning one much less annoying. General Motors recently announced new home charging offerings for its EV customers, including solutions that enable vehicle-to-home (V2H) functionality. 

GM’s Ultium Home products come in three bundles. The V2H Bundle includes a bidirectional charger and home charger that can let the structure go off-grid. The Home Energy System includes those two components and adds a PowerBank battery for backup. People without EVs can still buy the PowerBank and connectors to store power. The system also works with solar-powered homes, and GM has partnered with SunPower to create the connections. Owners can manage the power flow through the GM Energy Cloud app.

The number of GM Ultium EVs is about to grow quickly, as the Chevrolet Equinox EV and Blazer EV are set to join the lineup later this year. The Cadillac Escalade IQ is also expected soon, along with the Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Sierra EV. It’s unclear if GM’s home power solutions will work with other automakers’ vehicles running on Ultium technology, but the company has paired up with Honda to build new electric SUVs for it and the Acura brand.

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