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It really puts into perspective just how much energy our vehicles us, whether electric or ICE, when the battery from a single electric vehicle can power everyth
by dcchambers 4y ago
It really puts into perspective just how much energy our vehicles us, whether electric or ICE, when the battery from a single electric vehicle can power everything in your house for many hours/even days.
- ars 4y agoIt's only enough to power a house if you don't use A/C, electric dryer or range. i.e. just lights and electronics, which don't take much power. And you are comparing it to driving a full day BTW.
- dcchambers 4y agoI am too lazy to do napkin math on this, but the article implies it can run a home with AC for days. > Ford says the Lightning can fully power an average home for roughly three days. “That’s a house like my house with AC, Xbox, kids going crazy leaving lights on everywhere,” Linda Zhang, chief engineer of the F-150 Lightning, tells Bloomberg Green. With more frugal use, the Lightning could keep a home running for up to 10 days, she says.
- ars 4y agoA typical A/C uses 5kW, and this has around 100kWh, so that's 20 hours of compressor-on time. That's maybe a day or two, so yah, that's pretty accurate, especially if you buy the model with more power. Wow.