Ford's power promise boosts sales in 4th Quarter

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Ford's power promise boosts sales in 4th Quarter

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The State of Charge channel highlighted the "Ford Power Promise" program that packaged home charging and alternative including providing their 80-amp bi-directional charging station ... which is good enough to run a house from the vehicles stored energy for days.



While the Ford Program gives the customer this two-way device, it is similar in specs to what you'd be using to construct the 'mini-grids' ... except for the no energy costs EV program provided by the utility and a separate meter ... the point is these devices provide a grid-tie system that can go either way delivering up to 19kwh of power at 240. If special meters and 480volt grid connection were possible for two-way power transfer, the utility of the Aptera's big battery in a grid-tie scheme seems quite workable. This of course assumes the connection would be capable of negotiating connections at lower level 2 and level 1 power rates.

What are the implications if you can do the special meters and higher voltage? I explored that with AI here: https://chatgpt.com/share/677d7c54-3cb0 ... 946f323dd4 As you can see the higher input/output rates make these grid-tied batteries more valuable than 240v units.

What I didn't explore with AI was the patently obvious reality that if the utility industry were to adopt this specific 'high power' commercial band (480v) grid tie and propagate it in thousands of what they may consider 'mobile solar power generators' that are so 'elegant' that they can double as a perk in the form of a low-cost lease for transportation for 'engaged' members of say a membership co-op. What it does do is set the standard for grid tie vehicles and the process for integrating them including the benefits of mobility into a more dynamic and resilient grid.

You can see how Ford's offering of their two way inverter EVSE - which includes the ability to run one's home from their vehicle - really boosted sales of the vehicle as a battery backup for the home. It is the 'same' understanding of 'homeowners' about resilience and electric power that has them buying Fords under this program that should drive utility company execs to move on this grand vision of resilience. At the end of the day, the judgement is, you wouldn't be sorry for pushing this.
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