GM’s PowerBank home battery is now available

[Whammy Bar]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24266440/gm-home-battery-powerbank-launch

For $12,700, you get the full system with the charger, inverter, home hub computer, and the PowerBank...

3k more than the Ford offering, but comes with a 10.6kWh battery. Unclear if that's the installed cost.

Nice to see some competition. Wonder if the GM offering will work without flying teams of specialists to work on it.

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[TaxmanHog]

I wonder if the system as a whole is vehicle [brand] agnostic?

https://gmenergy.gm.com/for-home/products/gm-energy-system

I guess not.

https://gmenergy.gm.com/for-home/guidance/faqs#evs

 

[queuewho]

If that's the installed cost, it is surprisingly cost competitive with tesla for the kWh, especially when factoring in the vehicle integration in addition.

 

[Monkey]

…And like Ford’s solution, the charger, electronic switching disconnect and related software are all brand-specific. I would like to say I’m surprised that GM did this instead of using standardized protocols. But I’m not…. It’s more like “Why build a system around the new standards when we’ve sunk a boatload of money into developing our own?”

 

[CD4TNF]

…And like Ford’s solution, the charger, electronic switching disconnect and related software are all brand-specific. I would like to say I’m surprised that GM did this instead of using standardized protocols. But I’m not…. It’s more like “Why build a system around the new standards when we’ve sunk a boatload of money into developing our own?”

I'll dig it up later. The international standard for V2G needs to be approved world wide before the chargers can be interoperable. The auto manufacturer don't want to be waiting years for an international engineering to come out when the V2H technology is needed now. It's a situation of "don't let perfect be the enemy of progress".

 

[Grease Lightning]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24266440/gm-home-battery-powerbank-launch

For $12,700, you get the full system with the charger, inverter, home hub computer, and the PowerBank...

3k more than the Ford offering, but comes with a 10.6kWh battery. Unclear if that's the installed cost.

Nice to see some competition. Wonder if the GM offering will work without flying teams of specialists to work on it.

Now we know where all the Bolt batteries went!!

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