Ford F-150 Lightnings Will Soon Offer Home AC Power, Possibly Cheaper Than Grid

09 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from Arstechnica

Ford and Resideo...announced the EV-Home Power Partnership...you could charge your EV when it'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's battery to power the AC...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."

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