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By using the batteries in a GM EV, the GM Energy Home System turns a vehicle into a battery backup when the power goes out.

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On March 4, 2025, a windstorm cut across Texas and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. Outside Dallas-Fort Worth, the pattern was the same as the storm swept through one of Lennar‘s ...

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