For many it would be the other way around. They buy the truck because the want a truck. The integrated home powering is a nice extra option. I’d like my next v

For many it would be the other way around. They buy the truck because the want a truck. The integrated home powering is a nice extra option. I’d like my next vehicle to be an EV. A truck is a little big for my needs (my cars have all been Nissan Sentras, Honda Civics, or Honda CR-Vs) but I’m in a low density area where there is no place something bigger would cause problems, and unlike an ICE truck an EV truck does not have a ridiculous cost per mile so I would be OK with a truck except for the higher upfront cost. At the initial pricing they said they were aiming for an F-150 Lightning with just the consumer EV rebate plus the add ons for home powering would have been cheaper than getting an EV that doesn’t power the house plus a Tesla Powerwall. If I had to buy a car right now I’d probably get a Chevy Bolt and deal with house power with a propane powered generator. Propane instead of gasoline because propane doesn’t go bad after long storage. A generator is not as nice as a battery because my loads during a power would be mostly intermittent. I’d either have to start and stop the generator a lot or waste a lot of fuel idling. Thus I’d prefer a battery system but they are a lot more expensive than a generator, largely because you need enough battery capacity for the whole outage. With a generator you just need enough fuel storage for the outage or a willingness to occasionally go buy more fuel during the outage. It might be reasonable to do a mixed approach. A battery with enough capacity to handle a few hours plus a generator that could be used to charge the battery. I’ve not yet seriously analyzed this.