In California, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Ford announced a vehicle to grid (V2G) partnership. In the pilot project, PG & E and Ford will test the bidirectional charging capacity of F-150 lightning and its intelligent standby power supply to supply power to customers' homes in PG & E service area.
The V2G bidirectional charging capacity installed in Ford’s F-150s called Intelligent Backup Power is making its debut in this vehicle. Ford says that the vehicle should give customers the ability to provide up to 10 days of power to their homes during an outage, depending on home energy usage. The first installations of Ford’s Intelligent Backup Power are are now taking place and are supported by Sunrun as Ford’s preferred installation partner.
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