Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days
<i>“At scale, when these vehicles are enabled to send energy back to the grid, flex alerts and notices of grid emergencies will be a thing completely of the past,”</i><p>He cannot possibly be that ignorant. <i>Nobody</i> is going to be willing to not only put cycles on their battery but risk being left with a half-charged vehicle during a grid failure.<p><i>Transforming a Lightning into a home generator requires Ford’s 80-amp charging station and a $3,895 home integration system from Sunrun Inc. Installation cost for the Sunrun system varies according to the home and location. The charging station comes with the extended-range version of the Lightning; it’s a $1,310 option for buyers of the standard 230 mile-range version of the pickup.</i><p>A nine kilowatt electric generator costs under a thousand dollars. What kind of idiot is going to shell out six grand just to drain his truck battery for the same purpose?