The General’s home charging and energy solutions subsidiary GM Energy has formed a partnership with EnergyHub, a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) platform operator that uses its technology to make the power grid run more efficiently.
Among other services, EnergyHub helps manage charging of EVs at peak hours to prevent overload of local electrical distribution, which ties in with the PowerBank system of GM Energy.
The GM Energy PowerBank is a large home energy storage unit – basically a battery for the house – that can charge up during low-cost, low-use “off hours,” then be utilized to charge EVs or operate high-demand equipment at peak hours without paying peak rates or contributing to grid overload. It can also be used during a power outage as backup. The PowerBank is now available across the U.S. for home installation.
As a reminder, GM Energy offers several home charging and power storage products to meet various needs and budgets. Among these are vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging technologies that can use the energy contained in an EV’s battery as a secondary backup storage unit, usually for emergencies.
According to the press release, EnergyHub’s services will mesh neatly with the GM Energy PowerBank tech to help give The General’s EV owners additional benefits. These will include using the service to get “financial incentives” while contributing to more streamlined and stable use of the local electric grid.
EnergyHub says that ” later this year, Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac EV owners will be able to enroll in select EnergyHub programs through their local utility” for optimized charging that fits with the power demands and cheapest rates of the area electric infrastructure.
EnergyHub senior strategy manager Jeff Huron says that its new GM Energy alliance is part of building the company’s network of “direct integrations with automakers like GM” that “allow us to create the best possible experience for customers.”
He also pointed out the partnership will help power companies that are getting “prepared for the increasing demand from electric vehicles and distributed energy resources.”
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Why should you BUY one of these power hubs to store electricity which you then BUY from your local power company in order to charge your EV when it is best for THEM and not YOU?
It seems like your power company should GIVE you one. As THEY are the ones benefitting from you delaying your EV charging based on their inability to provide sufficient electricity to the grid.
When instead, you can simply install your own home solar system with your own back-up battery. And then make your own electricity to charge your EV whenever it is convenient for YOU. And not buy electricity from your price gouging power company. But instead sell your excess production to THEM. (Which, sadly, they then re-sell to their own customers at a HUGE mark-up over what they paid you for it.
GM Energy is also putting EV charging stations near Interstate highways, too. A 4-vehicle one is at a Pilot Truck Stop about 30 minutes west of Fort Worth, TX. An established gas station, diesel fueling station, with a convenience store and Wendy’s. It has been busy, too! More than I would have suspected, all things considered.
I like that GM has done this partnership. I also suspect it might work out better in the long run than what Tesla might have.
Having residential solar in the mix can also mean electricity is sold to the grid, too!
So you lose an entire wall of your garage when they could have made all that stuff stackable and only consumed a small portion. I suppose this is great if you have a showroom garage with nothing in it.
I have a 24 kWh storage system near my bedroom since 2022 becsuse my garage is not enclosed nor has any doors. It uses LFP cells so it is no danger to me. I have 6.4 kW of solar panels feeding it for free.
Quite sure your 6.4 KW solar panels weren’t “free”.
A waste, just an expensive gimmick. All you need is a simple timer to ensure that your EV charges during non-peak hours. A simple automatic transfer switch installed on your existing power panel(breaker box) and power inverter will allow your EV to provide emergency backup power for your home. This equipment is readily available and currently used today in solar and wind power generation systems.
I Will stay with my 2 XT5’s ICE