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Will there be a six seater option?
What does Ford's long-term battery degradation look like at say 100K miles?
It looks like they have their own design. If you watch Sandy Munros video Ford has isolated the battery which I believe is different than what Rivian is doing.
Ford has already said it is not. No need to apologize.
Can you ask if solar panels are required to use V2G function for battery backup? There seems to be some confusion on that
I cannot imagine it would, you do not need solar to install a battery backup system. The backup would be charged from the grid and kick in when the grid is down.
I am seeing conflicting information on it. Somebody asked the installer that Ford is partnering with and they told him the vehicle to home would only work on houses with solar panels installed. Doesn’t make sense to me either
Perhaps it’s not the solar panels specifically, but the inverter that’s typically part of the system that’s connected to the breaker panel.
Ford is not doing V2G with the Lightning. They have announced a form of V2H with the truck able to provide backup power during an outage.
That should be done on the onboard vehicle charger. The wall chargers for the home are AC chargers. The vehicles have an on board charger that converts from AC to DC when loading into the battery. Vehicles that support VtoH and VtoG should be making this DC to AC conversion before it leaves the vehicle.
