These vehicles can feed your home's electrical panel during an outage, with the right certified hardware professionally installed:
Ford F-150 Lightning
V2H - Model years
- 2022–2025
- Hardware required
- Ford Charge Station Pro + Sunrun Home Integration System (discontinued); or, new since July 2026, the Ford Vehicle Connector + GenerLink meter-collar transfer switch — outlet-based, not charge-port bidirectional
- V2L
- 9.6 kW — Pro Power Onboard — 9.6 kW generator-equivalent
- Availability
- US — nationwide
First high-volume US EV with integrated V2H (up to 9.6 kW). Two things changed in 2026, in opposite directions. Ford discontinued the Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System and is winding down Lightning production, so the true bidirectional factory hardware is no longer sold — existing owners keep it. Then on July 22, 2026 Ford and Global Power Products launched an official replacement: a Ford Vehicle Connector plus GenerLink's meter-collar transfer switch, roughly $1,100 of hardware and $1,350–$1,550 all-in, approved for direct meter mount by more than 800 US utilities. Read the mechanism carefully before you treat it as equivalent: GenerLink runs off the truck's 240V Pro Power Onboard outlet, so the truck is acting as a generator behind a transfer switch. Power flows one way. There is no bidirectional flow through the charge port and no V2G path, which is why it is cheaper than a real V2H stack. Ford lists 2022–2025 F-150 Lightning and 2021–2026 F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid as supported — note the 2026 Lightning is not on that list.
Chevrolet Silverado EV
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle (PowerShift Charger + Enablement Kit)
- V2L
- 10.2 kW — chevrolet.com (read August 15, 2026): 'up to 11 outlets and up to 10.2 kW of offboard power' — the PowerBase system, available rather than standard, and the 10.2 kW total includes the charge-port GM Accessories Power Bar +. Read the trim fine print: Chevrolet's own quick-start guide says select Silverado EV Work Trucks are capped at 7.2 kW total across six 120V outlets (two 20A circuits, 2.4 kW each) and one 240V/30A outlet.
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM Energy claims the Silverado EV can power a home for ~21 days. Pricing read off gmenergy.gm.com on August 15, 2026: the GM Energy V2H Bundle (PowerShift Charger + V2H Enablement Kit) lists at $8,998, discounted to $7,198 through 8/31/26, before installation and tax. The PowerShift Charger is rated 19.2 kW / 80A.
Chevrolet Blazer EV
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- Availability
- US — nationwide
The Blazer EV has no vehicle-to-load capability — GM offers none on this car. GM's V2H-capable list (gmenergy.gm.com, read August 15, 2026) covers the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Blazer EV, with a footnote that some eligible 2024 EVs need a dealership or OTA software update first.
Chevrolet Equinox EV
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM's V2H-capable list covers the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Equinox EV. Same Ultium platform as the Blazer EV; same GM Energy hardware stack. No vehicle-to-load capability is published or listed for it.
Cadillac Lyriq
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- V2L
- Supported — Accessory-based, and narrower than the V2H years. GM's parts catalog lists the GM Genuine Parts Power Bar + (84974434, $571.75 MSRP) as fitting the 2023–2024 LYRIQ in Luxury and Sport trims, and the Power Bar (84942991, $542.78) as fitting the 2024 LYRIQ. Both plug into the charge port. GM publishes NO kW rating for either part on cadillac.com, its support pages, or the parts listings — trade press reports roughly 3 kW, which is not a manufacturer figure and is not recorded here as one. No Power Bar fitment is listed for 2025–2026 LYRIQs.
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM does sell a charge-port V2L accessory that fits the LYRIQ, just not for every model year. GM's V2H-capable list (read August 15, 2026) names the 2024, 2025 and 2026 LYRIQ, with a footnote that some eligible 2024 EVs need a dealership or OTA update first. That list names the LYRIQ nameplate and does not break out the LYRIQ-V performance trim separately, so LYRIQ-V V2H is inferred from the nameplate rather than stated by GM.
Cadillac Optiq
V2H - Model years
- 2025–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM Energy's V2H-capable list (gmenergy.gm.com, read August 15, 2026) names the 2025 and 2026 OPTIQ, and GM's newsroom states that LYRIQ, ESCALADE IQ, VISTIQ, CELESTIQ and OPTIQ owners can power a properly equipped home. The OPTIQ is Cadillac's first native-NACS EV. GM's list names the nameplate and does not break out the OPTIQ-V performance trim separately, so OPTIQ-V V2H is inferred from the nameplate rather than stated by GM.
Cadillac Escalade IQ
V2H - Model years
- 2025–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- V2L
- Supported — Accessory-based. GM's parts catalog lists the GM Genuine Parts Power Bar + (84974434, $571.75 MSRP) as fitting the 2025–2027 ESCALADE IQ and the 2026–2027 ESCALADE IQL; it plugs into the charge port. GM publishes no kW rating for it. InsideEVs separately reports built-in household outlets totalling about 400 W, which we could not confirm on cadillac.com and are therefore not recording as a spec.
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM Energy's V2H-capable list names the 2025 and 2026 ESCALADE IQ. The long-wheelbase ESCALADE IQL is NOT on that list as of today, even though GM's parts catalog sells it the Power Bar + and GM's owner manual covers both bodies in one book — so treat IQL V2H as unconfirmed rather than assumed. With a battery in the 200 kWh class this is one of the longest-running home-backup EVs GM sells.
Cadillac Vistiq
V2H - Model years
- 2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM Energy's V2H-capable list names the 2026 VISTIQ, and GM's newsroom explicitly includes the VISTIQ among the Cadillacs that can power a properly equipped home. This is the three-row Cadillac EV most often cross-shopped against a Volvo EX90 or Kia EV9 — both of which also do V2H, so home backup is not a differentiator between them.
Cadillac Celestiq
V2H - Model years
- 2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- V2L
- Supported — Accessory-based. GM's parts catalog lists the GM Genuine Parts Power Bar (84942991, $542.78 MSRP) as fitting the 2025–2026 CELESTIQ in Invitational trim; it plugs into the charge port. GM publishes no kW rating for it.
- Availability
- US — nationwide
GM Energy's V2H-capable list names the 2026 CELESTIQ. Hand-built, made to order and priced past $340,000, so the practical audience is tiny — it is listed here because GM's own list includes it.
GMC Sierra EV
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- V2L
- 10.2 kW — GMC's Energy Transfer Pro — 'up to 10.2 kW of off-boarding power, thanks to the available GM Accessories PowerBar+' (gmc.com, read August 15, 2026). Available, not standard; it is a Denali package feature.
- Availability
- US — nationwide
Shares platform and capability profile with the Silverado EV. GM Energy's own V2H-capable list names the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Sierra EV. The 10.2 kW figure is the whole Energy Transfer Pro system including the charge-port Power Bar +, not a bare outlet rating.
GMC Hummer EV
V2H - Model years
- 2026 (SUV and SUT)
- Hardware required
- GM Energy V2H Bundle
- V2L
- Supported — Supported via the charge-port GM Genuine Parts Power Bar + (84974434), which GM's parts catalog lists as fitting the 2024–2026 Hummer EV Pickup and SUV. gmc.com publishes no offboard-power kW figure for the Hummer EV. The 6 kW previously recorded here was wrong: 6 kW is the Power Station's vehicle-to-VEHICLE rating (240V/25A), not its AC offboard-power rating.
- Availability
- US — nationwide
Largest battery pack in the GM lineup (up to 212 kWh); longest theoretical home-backup duration. GM Energy's V2H-capable list names only the 2026 Hummer EV SUV and 2026 Hummer EV SUT.
Tesla Cybertruck
V2H V2G - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- Tesla Universal Wall Connector + Powershare Gateway (or Powerwall)
- V2L
- 11.5 kW — Up to 11.5 kW via bed and cab outlets
- Availability
- US — nationwide for V2H; V2G in Texas (Powershare Grid Support) and California (PG&E V2X, approved April 20, 2026)
First Tesla with full bidirectional capability. Powershare Grid Support launched Feb 2026 in CenterPoint Energy and Oncor service areas (Houston + Dallas). On April 20, 2026 PG&E approved Cybertruck + Powershare Gateway + Universal Wall Connector for its California residential V2X program — the first AC V2G approval in California. Hardware $1,950; install $2,000–$4,000.
Kia EV9
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2026
- Hardware required
- Wallbox Quasar 2
- V2L
- 1.9 kW — ~1.9 kW is DERIVED, not manufacturer-published: Hyundai/Kia/Genesis state only "120V" for the US outlet, and 120V x 15A gives ~1.8-1.9 kW. The 3.6 kW figure quoted everywhere is the European rating (250V) and does not apply here. V2L runs through a separately purchased adapter that turns the charge port into a 120V outlet — it is not built-in equipment.
- Availability
- US — 7 retail states (CA, FL, IL, NJ, NY, TX, WA), with nationwide rollout to follow; plus Massachusetts and Connecticut through subsidized utility pilots
First Hyundai Motor Group vehicle with certified V2H in the US, and still the only one. Wallbox Quasar 2 is the only certified home charger; Quasar 2 / EV9 V2H is confirmed available in 7 retail states (CA, FL, IL, NJ, NY, TX, WA) with a nationwide rollout to follow — unchanged since our June 2026 check. Two pilots reach past that footprint: the MassCEC V2X pilot lists the 2024–2026 EV9 with a Quasar 2 and covers equipment and installation at no cost (applications open through Sept 30, 2026), and Connecticut's residential V2G pilot still names the EV9 as its only approved vehicle. Both are capped pilots, not a retail expansion. California help is thinner than it looks: checked 2026-08-17, SGIP's residential storage steps show Closed or Waitlist, and DCAP's ~$2,000 charger support is income-qualified and is written for charging infrastructure generally rather than bidirectional hardware.
Volvo EX90
V2H - Model years
- 2025 model year only (bidirectional)
- Hardware required
- dcbel Ara Home Energy Station
- Availability
- US — nationwide, but 2025 model year only; fully subsidized in Massachusetts through the MassCEC V2X pilot
Volvo partnered with dcbel for the Ara Home Energy Station. Nationwide availability — but read the model-year fine print, because it has not moved in nine months: Volvo says bidirectional charging is compatible with the 2025 EX90 only, requires the NVIDIA Orin core-computer configuration, and that access for the 2026 car 'will be announced later.' That announcement still had not come as of August 2026. Massachusetts is the one place the cost disappears: the MassCEC V2X pilot pairs the 2025 EX90 with a dcbel Ara at no cost for hardware or installation, with participants keeping the equipment (applications open through Sept 30, 2026). California incentives are limited: checked 2026-08-17, SGIP's residential storage steps show Closed or Waitlist and DCAP's ~$2,000 charger support is income-qualified. Do not budget on the 'up to $13,800' California figure that circulates — it is published by neither CPUC nor CARB.
Polestar Polestar 3
V2H - Model years
- 2024–2025 (400V platform)
- Hardware required
- dcbel Ara Home Energy Station
- Availability
- US — California, plus Massachusetts as of August 2026 (400V-platform cars only)
First Polestar with bidirectional offering. Only 400V 2024–2025 cars are compatible — the 2026 Polestar 3 moves to an 800V architecture, and as of August 2026 that compatibility is still unresolved, nine months on, with no source confirming an 800V car works with the dcbel Ara. The one thing that did change: on August 11, 2026 dcbel joined the MassCEC V2X pilot, which lists the 2025 Polestar 3 with a fully subsidized Ara including installation. That is the first time Polestar 3 V2H has been reachable outside California.
Nissan Leaf (CHAdeMO generations)
V2H V2G - Model years
- 2013–2025
- Hardware required
- dcbel Ara Home Energy Station (CHAdeMO); Fermata FE-15 / FE-20 is commercial/fleet only
- Availability
- US — narrow. Nationwide via dcbel Ara; fully subsidized for 2018–2025 cars inside the MassCEC V2X pilot (Massachusetts, applications open through Sept 30, 2026)
The OG bidirectional EV — Japan's V2H pioneer via CHAdeMO — and still the only way a Leaf powers a house. Fermata has not offered residential units in the US since 2023, so dcbel Ara is the route. New as of August 2026: the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center V2X pilot pairs the Leaf (2018, 2023–2025) with a dcbel Ara at no cost for equipment or installation, and participants keep the hardware — the first genuinely reachable residential Leaf V2H offer in the US in years.