Your Cadillac Can Now Power Your Home – CleanTechnica

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Vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home technology has been a long time coming. Some automakers and smart tech companies led the way a decade or more ago with pilot programs, but real commercial products have been coming to market in recent years. The latest to join the vehicle-to-home (V2H) party is Cadillac.

Here’s more from GM on the “new” feature (new for Cadillac): “A power outage doesn’t have to put your life on pause. Cadillac electric vehicle owners can now use the GM Energy Home System to beat the blackout. This advanced system allows vehicle-to-home capable Cadillac EVs to store energy and, when needed, supply electricity back to the home—keeping the essentials running and your sanity in check during an outage. Here are the key parts:

• Home backup power: This means the equipment used to charge your electric vehicle at home can also send power back from your vehicle’s battery to your house during an outage¹.
• Home battery storage: In case you want to capture solar energy or drive your vehicle while keeping the power on. The GM Energy PowerBank – a dedicated battery attached to the home – can provide nearly a day’s worth of power, based on average home energy consumption².
• Solar panels: GM Energy equipment is designed to integrate with other compatible solar solutions. All six electric vehicles in Cadillac’s portfolio are engineered to be compatible with GM Energy’s bidirectional charging technology. This means the same luxury, innovation, and performance that define Cadillac now extend to your home’s energy management. Whether it’s the LYRIQ, ESCALADE IQ, VISTIQ, CELESTIQ or OPTIQ, Cadillac owners can rely on their vehicle’s battery to help provide power to their properly equipped home when the grid goes down³.”

That’s quite a lineup of Cadillac electric vehicles, as I’ve been pointing out recently. The brand has a higher portion of its sales coming from electric vehicles than any other legacy brand this year (unless you count Fiat, which sells almost no vehicles in general). Adding this feature and marketing it well could provide another boost in sales, especially helpful in this post-tax credit era. And let’s not forget that the Cadillac Escalade IQ just won the 2026 Motor Trend SUV of the Year award.

But there’s more! GM points out that resiliency, home backup power, and cleantech are getting more popular, or even more demanded. “Considerations for home builders, contractors, and real estate agents who are helping rebuild and reimagine natural disaster-prone communities:

• Resilience sells: Backup power is a major draw for buyers worried about outages or fire-related shutoffs.
• Future-ready homes: With EV adoption surging and solar incentives available, energy-smart homes are what buyers want next.
• Easy integration: Installing the GM Energy Home System during construction is more efficient (and less expensive) than retrofitting later. Even if these systems aren’t added right from the start, homebuilders should consider planning electrical systems for future installs.
• Utility incentives: GM Energy is already working with utilities like PG&E on pilot programs.

“Homes equipped for resilience, sustainability, and electric living stand out in a competitive market and offer lasting peace of mind for homeowners. The future isn’t just coming; it’s being built, one smart home at a time.”

CleanTechnica has been banging this drum for much more than a decade, and I’ll admit that it’s a little confusing how this kind of thing goes from niche to mainstream so suddenly, but we’ll take it. If mainstream consumers are starting to connect the dots, appreciate the many benefits of EVs, and expect or at least strongly value V2H systems, great! Better late than never.

And, yes, if I was dishing out the money for a large luxury vehicle like models Cadillac offers, I would expect V2H capability at this point. Good on Cadillac for having some foresight on this and deciding to integrate the helpful feature.