General Motors unveiled a new business unit called GM Energy, which intends to fill a 'white space' at a time when transportation and energy are increasingly connected.
One of the largest looming questions about the mass adoption of electric vehicles is whether the power grid can keep up with increased demand.
In a statement, the automaker said it has"the goal to expand into Canada and other markets in the future." "This all allows us to move into a new white space that's being created by energy management," Travis Hester, vice president of GM EV growth operations, told sibling publication Automotive News. "If you're a customer and allow GM Energy to access, say, 10 per cent of your battery on an as-needed basis we can move that energy around," Hester said.
Solar technology and energy provider SunPower is one of them. The two companies have agreed to offer customers home energy systems that consist of integrated EV and batteries, solar panels and home energy storage. SunPower will be a preferred installer of the home energy system, which will be available alongside the retail launch of the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV, GM said.
"GM has been pretty overt in saying that we think we're going to have a million customers driving EVs by 2025," he said. The Chevrolet Silverado will have a 200-kilowatt battery."You multiply that by a million units and that's more capacity anybody would need at any given time," Hester said.
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