GM Energy, Tesla HW3 reckoning, Ford reshuffles EVs, Donut Lab probs, more
Electrek
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4.3 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 63 minutes
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In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla having its HW3 reckoning, Ford reshuffling its EV unit, Donut Lab being in hot water, and more.
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We talk to Aseem Kapur, energy and eMobility executive at GM Energy!
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- Ford reshuffles EV unit, Doug Field out as Farley chases 8% margin
- Ford CEO warns Chinese EVs would hit ‘the heart and soul’ of the US
- Lucid names new CEO as it raises over $1 billion and ramps up robotaxi ambitions
- Slate Auto closes funding round with enough financial runway to reach next stage of production
- Donut Lab’s ‘miracle’ solid-state battery is fraud, says insider, Donut Lab denies
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| 0:00.0 | Two, one. |
| 0:01.3 | We are live for a new episode of Electric Podcast. I'm Fred Lambert, your host. And as usual, I'm joined by Seth Winthrop. Are you doing, Seth? I'm good. All right. But we are starting to show a bit different today because we have a guest. We have Asim, the head of growth at GM Energy. We're here to talk to us a little bit about GM's effort to deploy vehicle to grid, vehicle to home, |
| 0:22.2 | and the energy storage system across their lineup. |
| 0:26.3 | Are you doing, Assim? |
| 0:27.8 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:28.7 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:29.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:31.0 | All right. |
| 0:31.6 | Well, first of all, if you can just introduce to us your role at GM and what's new right now at GM Energy? |
| 0:40.3 | Yeah, well, thank you again. |
| 0:41.3 | I lead our growth strategy at GM Energy where I focus at the intersection of energy through EVs, |
| 0:47.3 | as well as how we allow our EVs to power the homes and in the very new future, power the grid. |
| 0:53.3 | And I'm responsible for directing all our short-term execution, as well as a long-term strategy to build a more connected and resilient ecosystem. |
| 1:00.2 | Awesome. |
| 1:01.7 | And so right now, can you remind me what's in term of vehicle to home, vehicle to grid, vehicle to everything now? |
| 1:09.9 | What's your preferred term? Let's start with that, because I know the nomenclature around this is |
| 1:13.3 | driving some people crazy. |
| 1:15.8 | Yeah, yeah. So, I mean, I think the our offering, GM has the largest portfolio of bi-directionally |
| 1:22.2 | enabled EVs. All our EVs are able to borrow your home. And to keep things simple, |
| 1:26.8 | you know, we call it we go to home or, you know, think of your EV as a backup generator that can be used to parry your home and look for ways to provide you the peace of mind, you know, during outages. |
| 1:43.1 | And so you said the entire EV lineup now, the 2026 lineup is compatible right now, right? |
| 1:49.9 | Yes, our entire lineup. |
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