Last October, General Motors announced a new business arm called GM Energy providing energy storage and management products and services, These were said to include stationary energy storage batteries for home and business, solar integration, and vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid technology. The offerings would be divided into Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial offerings. The commercial side switched on a while ago, it's taken longer than planned to get the home products out. We now have info on the first trio of home energy solutions. GM Energy has wrapped them into Ultium Home bundles that serve three aims.
Ultium Home V2H Bundle
- GM’s PowerShift Charger
- Enables V2H bidirectional charging with a compatible GM EV, when paired with Ultium Home V2H Enablement Kit
- Up to 19.2 kW AC charge speed
- Ultium Home V2H Enablement Kit
- Includes an inverter, home hub and dark start battery
- 9.6 kW of discharge power
- Safely disconnects the home from the grid
Ultium Home Energy System
This bundle is designed for customers seeking to leverage their compatible GM EV for V2H functionality and stationary storage.
This bundle includes the following products:
- GM’s PowerShift Charger
- Ultium Home V2H Enablement Kit
- GM’s PowerBank
- Ultium Home’s PowerBank stationary storage unit can connect to the Ultium Home V2H Enablement Kit to extend backup capability and store solar or grid energy
- Available in 5 kW/10.6 kWh and 7 kW/17.7 kWh variants
Ultium Home Energy Storage Bundle
This bundle is designed for customers seeking to integrate stationary storage into their home, without the need for an EV.
This bundle includes the following products:
- GM’s PowerBank
- Inverter and home hub
In addition to the initial suite of Ultium Home products, customers seeking to integrate solar energy will have the opportunity to work with SunPower, GM Energy’s exclusive solar provider and a preferred EV charger installer, to deliver power to their home and vehicle with clean energy generated on their roof, providing additional value and potential electricity cost-savings.
Each of these Ultium Home products will be connected to the GM Energy Cloud, a software platform which will allow customers to seamlessly manage the transfer of energy between applicable and connected GM Energy assets.
GM Energy doesn't have pricing or delivery details to share yet. Rumor has it that the Ultium Home products won't be far behind the first deliveries of the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST.
Source: GM
