Posted on Mar 9, 2022
GM plans to test using electric vehicles as a power backup for homes
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As climate change drives conversation about energy efficiency, General Motors and Pacific Gas & Electric are planning to test the use of electric vehicles as a backup power source for homes.
The pilot, which comes as car companies are funneling money into battery-powered cars, aims to test the home-powering idea by this summer. The program will take place in the electric company's service area, which includes Northern and Central California, and aims to support the state's goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The crux of the initiative is bidirectional charging, which would allow the vehicle to pull power from the grid and to supply power to something else — in this case, a home.
As climate change drives conversation about energy efficiency, General Motors and Pacific Gas & Electric are planning to test the use of electric vehicles as a backup power source for homes.
The pilot, which comes as car companies are funneling money into battery-powered cars, aims to test the home-powering idea by this summer. The program will take place in the electric company's service area, which includes Northern and Central California, and aims to support the state's goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The crux of the initiative is bidirectional charging, which would allow the vehicle to pull power from the grid and to supply power to something else — in this case, a home.
GM plans to test using electric vehicles as a power backup for homes
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In the 50's and 60's, the navy had an old seam sub tender docked by the shore at Polaris Point Guam. It was used as a emergency power source for the whole island when the land based power plant had problems.
One day, the navy decided not to keep it on stand-by, and sold it for scrap, maybe to some Asian country. The tender's issue was, it needed to be dry docked, and it was just to expensive to do the repairs to it.
What a lost, for something that was valuable during emergencies, an old ship that kept on doing it.
As a welder for the navy ship repair facilities, we were tasked to scrap her, and I still have one of it's 4"x20"x3/8" Buzz Bars, everytime I look at it, it reminds me of that good old navy ship, that kept on doing it, for years.
One day, the navy decided not to keep it on stand-by, and sold it for scrap, maybe to some Asian country. The tender's issue was, it needed to be dry docked, and it was just to expensive to do the repairs to it.
What a lost, for something that was valuable during emergencies, an old ship that kept on doing it.
As a welder for the navy ship repair facilities, we were tasked to scrap her, and I still have one of it's 4"x20"x3/8" Buzz Bars, everytime I look at it, it reminds me of that good old navy ship, that kept on doing it, for years.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"How will PG&E’s electric vehicle-to-home interconnection work?
The goal will be to enable power to flow from the charged electric vehicle into a customer’s home, automatically coordinating between the vehicle, home, and PG&E’s electric supply. It will include multiple GM electrical vehicles. Following lab testing, the plan is to test the vehicle-to-home interconnection in a small number of homes."
"How will PG&E’s electric vehicle-to-home interconnection work?
The goal will be to enable power to flow from the charged electric vehicle into a customer’s home, automatically coordinating between the vehicle, home, and PG&E’s electric supply. It will include multiple GM electrical vehicles. Following lab testing, the plan is to test the vehicle-to-home interconnection in a small number of homes."
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