The 2025 Chevy Equinox EV now includes Vehicle-To-Home (V2H) capability as standard across all trim levels, providing customers with a long list of benefits and marking a big step forward in functionality for GM’s EV lineup.
Essentially, V2H allows Equinox EV owners to tap into energy stored in their crossover’s battery pack to power their home. This means the 2025 Chevy Equinox EV can act as a backup power source during utility outages, as well as offset electricity costs by charging during off-peak hours and discharging during peak periods, and support renewable energy through residential solar grid integration.
In order to leverage the new V2H feature, owners must first equip their homes with the compatible infrastructure. Specifically, the setup requires the GM Energy PowerShift Charger and V2H Enablement Kit, as well as a properly configured home electrical system and utility interconnection. While some 2024-model-year GM EVs may also support V2H, enabling the feature may require an over-the-air or dealership-installed software update.
GM cautions that while V2H offers a good deal of convenience, there are also a few inherent limitations. Factors such as battery charge level, weather conditions, and vehicle usage can influence power availability. Moreover, GM advises against using the system to power medical devices, due to potential interruptions in power flow that could impact safety.
To note, the Equinox EV can also be ordered with the NACS DC adapter (RPO code RYZ), ensuring access to a broader charging network. Additionally, buyers may select between two charger options:
- GM Energy PowerShift Charger (RPO code 5AV)
- GM PowerUp 2 Charger (RPO code 5CH)
These two charger options are not interchangeable, and cannot be ordered together.
The introduction of standard V2H capability across the 2025 Chevy Equinox EV lineup aligns with GM’s broader strategy to expand bidirectional charging technology to all Ultium-based EVs by 2026, as was announced in 2023.
As a reminder, the 2025 Chevy Equinox EV rides on the GM BEV3 platform and is assembled at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico.
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Peace of mind in a blackout is a full tank of gas.
Little benefit to power your home for a couple hours, then find yourself without transportation.
You aren’t going to be left without transportation if you do this… They don’t drain the battery completely it stops at 20%. Also the amount of energy in the batteries can power your home for days on end.
That 20% is 63 miles range BEST case. Factor in the outage being because of a blizzard or ice storm, and now it’s effectively zero.
An EV can power your house for up to 3 days. When was the last time your power was out for more than 3 days? After 3 days, I would expect the majority of power to be back on and you’re going to be able to find a public charger that’s back online within 63 miles of your home (realistically within 5) even if the power company hasn’t been able to reconnect your neighborhood yet. Seriously, this is one of the greatest advantages of an EV.
And how does a full tank of gas in your obsolete ICEV power your home? And how can you pump gas withour power?
The price difference between an ICE and an EV pays for a whole-home generator system. The same money gets you home backup without draining range out of your vehicle.
An obsolete ICE can be fueled with a can and funnel. How do you recharge that EV in an extended outage?
You go to a Charging station that will have power like any gas station that will need power to fuel your tank. OR your house already has GM’s battery system so you don’t need to use your Vehicles battery at all.
I can fill my vehicle with gas, leave it parked while on vacation for a week then come back and it will be 100% full as I left it. The EV fully charged before you go on vacation for a week then come back and it will NOT be at 100% full. They lose charge just sitting there.
A couple of hours? Maybe if you’re running a large-scale crypto mining operation or hydroponic farm in your basement.
The battery in the Equinox is about 85kWh. That is enough to run a typical house for days . Longer it you pare back to only essential use.
Just give me a 30amp outlet on the car like the trucks and let me deal with the tie in to my home! Stop trying to make 5k extra for accessories! Simply allow 30amp out and shut off at 20% battery level!
Only Ford offers this but on the more expensive F-150 Lightning truck. I have not seen Tesla nor any foreigh brand offer this feature.
Tesla just started offering this.
I love the idea, but not that it requires additional GM specific equipment to install on the home side. If we knew for sure that it would be future capable of using other brand EVs it might be a worthwhile investment.
But what I want is just a simple way to plug my EV into the generator panel I already have.
Get the 19.2 kW On-board charger and it supports V2L and you will have 6 kW to do with what you want. Just will need some engineering.
Also to your point about being locked into GM equipment, there is movement in making an open standard soon that would just need GM to do a firmware update.
Don’t think you can get the 19kw added after the fact as an upgrade?
If/when they support a standard and commit to supporting non-GM EVs in the system, then maybe I’ll think about it. But too much $$ to risk on a maybe someday feature.
I think the 19kw option only gives you 3kw of power out. Not 6kw.
If you use the V2V adapter (and you have the 19.2kW option) it will allow 6kW output. I was going to use this to recharge my EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra setup, until I passed on all the various GM EV’s I was trying to order (that they couldn’t deliver) over the last year and went with a different brand.