F-150 FTD lightning can be the first F-Series truck that flows all-electricity, but can be said to be a feature that changes the game from the Pickup EV occurs when parked and plugged into. Smart Ford Power Backup is built on increasing the availability of outlet power in EV and hybrids, with BI-Directional charging that can make homes run in the case of grating blackouts. Promised when Ford launched the flash F-150, we now get more details about how the powerwall-style battery backup feature will function.
The house backup battery is not new, of course. Perhaps the most famous now is the Powerwall Tesla system, effectively the same battery found in its electric car, but it is designed to provide a reserve power supply for home. Some other companies also offer similar systems.
That reserve power can be most useful during power outages, when supply ordinary grids go down. However, this also offers more flexibility when it comes to power prices. PowerWall and other systems that can usually be charged when the electricity level is low, and then supply electricity to the house when the price is higher, for a lower overall cost without the need to ratio you have connected and turned on.
With 2022 F-150 Lightning has many onboard battery capacity as many reserve batteries, using it for more than just a driving range looks like a clear strategy. While the F-150 Lightning – and other models in the range, such as the F-150 PowerBoost Hybrid – have an 110V outlet where you can install equipment, tools, or other devices, smart backup power is a more serious system. It offers the correct two-way charging support.
Usually, when the truck is plugged in, it fills up from the electricity supply of your home. If it’s a supply deviation, however, like because of the grating blackouts because of a storm or other problem, the power flow can be reversed. F-150 lightning will actually make a house instead.
Ford said that, with up to 131 kilowatt-hours in the EXTended-Range lightning battery F-150, and up to 9.6 kilowatt power supplied through a connection, a typical US house can run on full power for up to three days. With some reasonable allotment – like not running electrical hunger equipment – which can be extended for up to 10 days, the car maker estimates. Obviously the house and different situations will see that number varies, but the overall goal is the independence of the grid when it needs to sue it.
When the power drops, the flash of the F-150 automatically starts supplying electricity. When the grid returns, meanwhile, the truck switches back to charging mode. Everything is designed to take place without interaction from homeowners, although you will be able to use the Ford application to set a reserve limit where the EV battery will not fall. That means you can still drive it in an emergency.
You can charge F-150 lightning with a regular level 2 home charger, or a fast DC public charger at a much faster price. However, standard chargers are usually not regulated for two-way strength. For that, you will need something like the Ford cost station itself.
It will be included with the expanded F-150 lightning, while those who choose the standard version of EV can buy chargers separately. This is a stronger version of 80-amp than the usual Ford charger, and supports connected with what is being labeled as a home integration system.
Ford works with sunrun – the solar panel installer – to develop it, and basically transfer switches plus some other features. Transfer switches allow the home breakers panel to flip between the supply of grids and other supplies – in this case EV pickup – and then come back again. This combined here with a power inverter, which changes the DC power from the F-150 Lightning battery to AC Power A Home can be used, and the battery starts to help bridge the change.
