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The F150 and cars like Ioniq 5 and EV6 do have built-in inverters (as I understand it's just designing the OBC inverter used to charge the battery from AC so it
by audunw 5y ago
The F150 and cars like Ioniq 5 and EV6 do have built-in inverters (as I understand it's just designing the OBC inverter used to charge the battery from AC so it can run both ways).
It's only capable of around 1.8kW. But that's enough to facilitate what's mentioned in the article. What's lacking then is some communication protocols to enable this. Might need some additional hardware too since there's extra challenges when feeding the grid I assume (has to match the frequency and phase I guess)?
- pedrocr 5y agoI covered those inverters. You can get power directly from the car to run appliances but to connect it to the grid they just bypass that entirely and have you install an offboard inverter in the house. Ford points out that, as part of the company’s forthcoming Intelligent Backup Power system, the feature is enough to power a home for up to three days in a power outage. Taking full advantage of that will require an 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro, a home energy management system, and an inverter, which Ford plans to bundle together. But to output that power for EVs, appliances, or camping, you only need Pro Power Onboard. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1134516_ev-to-ev-charging-f-150-lightning-and-ioniq-5-both-do-it-and-here-s-how https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1134516_ev-to-ev-chargi... It would be nice if they allowed their onboard inverters to do vehicle to grid. Even if their power is not enough to power a whole house it's more than enough for grid services and for emergency use at home. But so far no one has done that.