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GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House—and Your Neighborhood
- GM Energy is expanding bidirectional charging pilots to power homes and the grid.
- About 250,000 GM EVs have bidirectional charging capability today.
- GM Energy is testing two partnerships: a stress test with DTE Energy and a 52,000-vehicle plan with PG&E by 2030.
- GM emphasizes awareness and a long road to broad adoption amid regulatory and utility hurdles.
- Utilities are testing interoperability standards to ensure devices from different makers talk to each other.
- GM Energy sees bidirectional charging as a strategic way to increase vehicle value beyond transport.
- UC Irvine and others piloted vehicle-to-home charging in Southern California to study feasibility.
- Puget Sound Energy launched a pilot to align automakers and charging firms with the grid.
- GM aims to balance consumer control with grid needs, preventing outages during peak demand.
- GM Energy’s broader goal is to turn EVs into distributed power resources for communities.
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