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Ford introduced the Fathom, a sub-$30,000 electric truck featuring built-in bidirectional charging that lets owners use the vehicle as a home battery, along with cheaper Home Power Station and Backup Panel hardware and V2G pilot programs.
Tesla is expanding its Powershare Home Backup feature from the Cybertruck to the Model 3 and Model Y, letting owners use their EV battery as a backup power source for their home, with support for older Powerwall models coming soon.
ChargePoint reports that demand for EV chargers is outstripping supply, identifying a 30% utilization threshold in workplaces that leads to driver frustration. The company also unveils new, affordable bidirectional chargers to support vehicle-to-home energy solutions.
Audi's new A2 E-tron is an affordable and efficient electric vehicle for the European market, featuring a low drag coefficient, bidirectional charging, and a range up to 401 miles.
GM Energy announces support for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging and a new sodium-ion battery partnership with Peak Energy for grid storage, aiming to ease grid pressure from AI data centers and enable EV owners to contribute energy back to the grid.
GM announces that 12 of its EV models now support bidirectional charging, enabling owners to power their homes and sell excess energy back to the grid, though adoption requires costly hardware and utility partnerships.