Qmerit – a North American-based company focused on providing management solutions for EV chargers and other all-electric-related technologies – has announced that it has become the preferred installer of residential products from GM Energy.
Building off a previous relationship between the two entities, Qmerit’s network of certified electricians will serve to ensure a seamless installation and integration of GM Energy’s residential products, which includes items like Ultium Home Energy System and Ultium Home Energy Storage.
“As noted in our new white paper Electrification2030, America’s sweeping transition toward a clean-energy electrical grid will hinge greatly on new home-based products and services,” Qmerit founder and CEO Tracy Price stated. “GM Energy’s suite of residential products and services will substantially help meet that crucial need, and we’re excited and proud to partner with GM Energy to bring those offerings to homes nationwide.”
When combined with General Motors’ Energy Cloud software, Qmerit will work to grant consumers the ability to manage energy flow to-and-from their home and all-electric vehicle. In doing this, customers will be able to access a source of power in the event of an outage, as well as provide greater flexibility on a day-to-day basis.
“As GM continues to advance its vision of an all-electric future, our new energy management product and service offerings will help make EV ownership an even more compelling option,” GM Energy Vice President Wade Sheffer claimed in a prepared statement. “By expanding our collaboration with Qmerit as a preferred installer, more customers will have access to the extended benefits of EV technology and participate in a larger energy ecosystem than ever before.”
For reference, GM Energy was introduced way back in October 2022 to bridge the existing Ultium Charge 360 service with the then-new Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial services in an effort to create an energy ecosystem where consumers can control their energy needs. Through this partnership with Qmerit, GM Energy takes another step towards this initiative.
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GMA what does this mean for GM's collaboration with SunPower? They were previously named a preferred installer for GM Energy and the Home Backup and solar systems.
I guess if you're not building a new home you probably won't be using them. How about people in apartments without garages? Sounds like another government involved clusterpuk?
They are depicting an incorrect location for installing the chargers. Needs to be 50' away from any structure. Unless you don't care if your house burns down. Wait till homeowner insurance companies catch up with this-or maybe they already have.
smokefoot55 FUD
Seeing GM's shall we say 'difficulty' with seemingly the most trivial problems lately, I would avoid that Qmerit approved stuff.
But those 8/12/32 amp Webasto charging cords (120/240) that a minimum of GM, FORD, and Kia/Hyundai use which have 3 thermometers in them (Charger Brick, attachment plug, and car connector J1772) prevent garage burn downs by throttling current down or off should things overheat are one smart thing that GM spec'd.
GM just give me a generic plug on the vehichle like on my generator that I can connect to where I want into my house at a nice 240v flow of say 25amps and then provide a startup function to tell the vehicle to start feeding the power out.
The Silverado can do that
Anyone come forward with a plan to increase capacity of the Nations power grid? Any idea what will happen when folks come home in the evening, plug the EV in, start dinner, shower, power up/charge devices, etc. All this looks good on paper in a liberal college lecture hall, but we live in the real world.
Time of day metering which has been around for at least 70 years and is super easy today will solve that problem.
People read articles promoting Cassandra sky is falling opinions having little basis in fact, and then like bird brains parrot the info.
Tesla solved the problem of building their largest supercharger complex in the middle of nowhere by running the thing on Diesel Generators for portions of the day. They are obviously embarrassed since they hid the units behind a gas station; the point is, they made it work .
Just bought a Lyriq and have been advised to stay away from QMerit. GM gives you $1500 towards the cost of installing a 240V plug and charger in your garage. Oh wait, they don't give you any money, they pay QMerit something to give the customer $1500 credit towards the cost of installing a 240V charger in their garage. Merit then finds you an installer who charges you about $1400 more than the 'going price' for the install. I have heard and read this story many times in the past few months. Who is getting that extra 'profit'? I haven't a clue but I am guessing GM and its customers are getting fleeced by either QMerit or its installers and it probably both costs GM money plus gives them a black eye. Someone in GM should be checking this out before continuing to do business and presumably giving money to QMerit.