Your Parked EV Could Power Your Home Here's What GM's Bidirectional Charging Actually Costs
GM's Ultium-based EVs can turn into mobile power plants, feeding your house during outages or selling energy back to the grid. But the equipment and installation price tag makes this a decision worth understanding before you sign up.
On a quiet evening in early June 2026, somewhere in a California suburb, a Chevrolet Equinox EV sat parked in a garage not drawing power, but giving it. The house lights stayed on. The refrigerator hummed. The air conditioning ran without a sound from a combustion engine or the familiar drone of a portable generator. The car had become something more than transportation: a silent, rolling power plant waiting in the driveway. This is the promise at the heart of General Motors' bidirectional charging program, a...
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