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David Roberts interviews GM Energy executive Aseem Kapur about General Motors' entry into the home energy market and the implications of bidirectional EV charging.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.volts.wtf/subscribe In this episode, I talk with GM Energy executive Aseem Kapur about General Motors’ move into bidirectional EV charging and home energy management. We dig into the practicalities of turning hundreds of thousands of EVs into mobile backup generators, how to navigate a patchwork of 4,000 different utilities, and what it takes to get everyday consumers to see their cars as grid assets.

People in this episode

Host: David Roberts

Guest: Aseem Kapur

Topics covered

• home energy market
• bidirectional EV charging
• mobile backup generators
• utilities
• grid assets

Keywords

• General Motors
• home energy management
• EV charging
• backup generators
• utilities

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Organizations: General Motors, GM Energy

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