![]() In the future, Ford intends to offer a system where a home’s power supply will switch between grid and truck depending on whatever is most cost-effective. ![]() Ford claims the Lightning can run an average US home for up to three days when equipped with the larger 130-kWh battery pack, or up to 10 days when the home’s electrical demands are rationed accordingly. This happens automatically when there’s a power cut, restoring power to the home in about 45 seconds. Ford offers a home charger, called the Charge Station Pro, that fills the battery using AC in the normal way, but can also take power from the truck over a DC connection. Powering tools, laptops, and camping gear is only half the story when it comes to the Lightning’s electrical capabilities. These can be used to power circular saws, air compressors, generators, drills, and flood lighting-or televisions, music systems, small refrigerators, or even a hot tub when camping or tailgating. The cabin is equipped with two 120-volt outlets, six USB ports, and a wireless phone charger, while the frunk has a pair of 120-volt outlets and two USB ports, and the bed has four further 120-volt sockets and a 240-volt outlet. ![]() Electric trucks must then put in a double shift, quashing product-specific worries over cargo space, towing performance, and their ability to power everything from tools to camping refrigerators. They instead have to shift consumer mindset, conquering justifiable fears over range limitations and their true, life-long environmental impact. But electric vehicles are not born into a perfect world. In a perfect world, the battery-powered F-150 Lightning would grasp the baton and run with it as quickly as it launches itself to 60 mph (4.5 seconds, and we’ll be sure to come back to that later). F-Series truck sales generate $40 billion in annual revenue if the line was made by an independent company, it would be bigger than McDonald’s or Nike. ![]() The F-Series family to which it belongs has been the best-selling vehicle in America for 45 years, with Ford shifting almost 2,500 of them every single day. It is hard to overstate just how big a deal it is that Ford has electrified its F-150 pickup. ![]()
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