{"id":1209807,"date":"2023-12-08T13:02:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209807"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:02:54","slug":"ford-f-150-lightnings-will-soon-offer-home-ac-power-possibly-cheaper-than-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1209807","title":{"rendered":"Ford F-150 Lightnings will soon offer home AC power, possibly cheaper than grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ford_charging_resize-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"It's a hefty plug, but it has to be so that an F-150 Lightning can send power back to the home through an 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ford_charging_resize.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1048\" data-width=\"1398\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> It&#8217;s a hefty plug, but it has to be so that an F-150 Lightning can send power back to the home through an 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro. (credit: Ford)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Modern EVs have some pretty huge batteries, but like their gas-powered counterparts, the main thing they do is sit in one place, unused. The <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/cars\/2022\/05\/the-most-important-ev-of-the-decade-we-drive-the-f-150-lightning\/\">Ford F-150 Lightning<\/a> was built with two-way power in mind, and soon it might have a use outside emergency scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Ford and Resideo, a Honeywell Home thermostat brand, recently announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ford.com\/content\/fordmedia\/fna\/us\/en\/news\/2023\/12\/07\/ford-and-resideo-launch-ev-home-power-partnership-project-drivin.html\">EV-Home Power Partnership<\/a>. It&#8217;s still in the testing phases, but it could help make EVs a more optimal purchase. Put simply, you could charge your EV when it&#8217;s cheap, and when temperatures or demand make grid power time-of-use expensive (or pulled from less renewable sources), you could use your truck&#8217;s battery to power the AC. That would also help with grid reliability, should enough people implement such a backup.<\/p>\n<p>The F-150 Lightning already offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ford.com\/trucks\/f150\/f150-lightning\/features\/intelligent-backup-power\/\">a whole-home backup power option<\/a>, one that requires the professional installation of an 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro and a home transfer switch to prevent problems when the grid switches back on. Having a smart thermostat allows for grid demand response, so the F-150 would be able to more actively use its vehicle-to-home (V2H) abilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989623#p3\">Read 3 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989623&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1989623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ford F-150 Lightnings will soon offer home AC power, possibly cheaper than grid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ It&#8217;s a hefty plug, but it has to be so that an F-150 Lightning can send power back to the home through an 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro. 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