General Motors will make bidirectional charging standard across its Ultium-based EVs by model year 2026.

Ultium batteriesstarted appearing in GM EVs in 2021.

GM launched itsresidential charging platform, Ultium Home,last year.

Several EVs already offer bidirectional charging, including the F-150 Lightning and the Nissan Leaf.

In March, Tesla confirmed that all its EVs will support bidirectional charging functionalityby 2025.