Starting next year, General Motors will start equipping its electric cars with the power sharing functionality useful for powering up anything from appliances to entire households.
The Chevrolet Silverado is the first on the list to get the feature, followed by the GMC Sierra Denali Edition 1, Chevrolet Blazer/Equinox, and Cadillac Lyriq/Escalade IQ. From 2026, the company plans to produce all EVs with this functionality included as standard.
The company believes it will come in handy both during power outages and when optimizing energy costs. Owners will be able to charge up their EVs at nighttime when the energy is cheapest and then spend it during daytime when the rates are much higher.
Although GM is the first car manufacturer to want to spread the power sharing feature to its entire product range, the idea itself is far from new. In February 2022, Ford said the F-150 Lightning had a big enough battery pack to keep an average American household running for 3 days on the auxiliary power. In turn, Rivian posted a story about its R1T pickup powering up medical equipment for the surgeon to carry out a surgery in a blacked-out area.