General Motors Co.

(NYSE:GM) is joining the energy storage party, following the likes of Ford Motor Co.

(NYSE:F) and Tesla Inc.

(NASDAQ:TSLA), with a new battery chemistry, Vehicle-to-Grid power, as well as datacenter applications amid rising energy demands.

GM Touts Vehicle-To-Grid Tech GM, in a series of articles released on Tuesday, said that it already has more than 250,000 GM EVs on the road that can support bidirectional charging, which the automaker sees as a building block for vehicle-to-grid programs.