Common Motors will equip extra of its upcoming Ultium-based EVs with the vehicle-to-home (V2H) function that enables customers to export energy from the vehicles’ high-voltage batteries to their houses, primarily reworking the automobiles into backup mills.
Beforehand, this function was introduced for the just lately revealed 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST pickup, however now the American automotive large says its complete lineup of recent Ultium-based EVs will get V2H till the 2026 mannequin yr.
In different phrases, the 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Version 1, 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV, 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, 2024 Cadillac Lyriq, and the upcoming Cadillac Escalade IQ shall be suitable with V2H.
It is price noting that Common Motors particularly mentioned new Ultium-based EVs, that means the GMC Hummer EV shouldn’t be included within the checklist, at the very least for now. Nonetheless, again in March, GM introduced that each the pickup and the SUV variants of the 2024 Hummer EV will get a extra highly effective Degree 2 onboard charger as customary gear on some trim ranges that permits vehicle-to-load (V2L) performance, permitting customers to export energy from the battery at as much as 6 kW through an adapter.
“GM Power’s rising ecosystem of vitality administration options will assist speed up GM’s imaginative and prescient of an all-electric future, by additional increasing entry to much more advantages that EVs can supply,” mentioned Wade Sheffer, vp, GM Power. “By integrating V2H throughout our complete Ultium-based portfolio, we’re making this groundbreaking know-how obtainable to extra customers, with advantages that reach effectively past the automobile itself, and at a broader scale than ever earlier than.”
To utilize the automobiles’ V2H function, prospects have to improve their houses with one of many three gear bundles revealed by GM Power final month: Ultium House V2H Bundle, Ultium House Power System, or Ultium House Power Storage Bundle.
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The primary comes with an AC charger that helps bidirectional charging, in addition to an Enablement Package that provides an inverted and “darkish begin” battery. With this base bundle, house owners of suitable EVs can recharge their automobiles at as much as 19.2 kW and – when wanted – energy their houses from the automotive’s high-voltage battery at a most discharge charge of 9.6 kW.
The Ultium House Power System provides a GM PowerBank stationary storage unit that is related to the V2H Enablement Package, with two obtainable choices: 5 kW/10.6 kWh and seven kW/17.7 kWh variants.
The third pack, the Ultium House Power Storage Bundle, comes with certainly one of GM’s PowerBank choices, an inverter, and a house hub, and is meant for individuals who need to have backup battery storage with out an electrical automobile.
Each certainly one of these bundles will be built-in with a photovoltaic system, with SunPower being GM’s unique photo voltaic supplier and most well-liked EV charger installer.