GM Gets Into the Energy Business
that it’s become. GM is one such company that seems to “get it,” and the newly launched GM Energy division is going everywhere Tesla is.
“GM Energy’s connected product and service offerings are designed to offer cohesive energy management for home, commercial and EV customers, with solutions ranging from bi-directional charging, vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid applications, to stationary storage, solar products, software applications, cloud management tools, microgrid solutions, hydrogen fuel cells and more,” reads the press release.
There’s an awful lot to digest there, and the significance of this announcement cannot be overstated. It can be oversimplified, though, as this handy-dandy infographic of snack-sized content shows us .GM seems to be responding to both the recent grid concerns in California that spawned so many misinformed tweets
and Hurricane Ian that ravaged the East Coast in recent weeks, leaving tens of thousands without power. With a fully charged Chevy Silverado EV in the driveway, the company says, GM Energy will be able to easily move energy from your home to the grid and the grid to your home, enabling you to power your home with your EV and support —“The reliability of the US electrical power grid has never been more important,” said Travis Hester, vice president of GM EV Growth Operations.
The central interface for GM Energy will be called “Energy Services Cloud.” An online storehouse of data and energy management tools that, the company says, will help connect customers “seamlessly” with residential, fleet, and commercial energy assets . Customers will be able to manage their energy use using GM-developed apps that leverage
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