Krakken

How is your post related to solar? The Texas power outage was impacted by all power generation types, with over 60% of the offline capacity driven by thermal sources. Approximately 46,000 MW of generation was forced off the system during this extreme winter weather event. Of that, 28,000 MW is thermal and 18,000 MW is wind and solar.

The Texas outage was driven by a lack of preparation.

Krakken

How about we use the batteries that people are purchasing with their electric vehicles to store the power from intermittent power sources and then redistribute the power when needed.

https://www.virta.global/vehicle-to-grid-v2g

Krakken

Yes, Ford is moving to EVs because they have to. But the primary reason they have to is that electric vehicles are getting better and cheaper quickly and non-legacy automakers will take away their fossil fuel vehicle sales if they don't offer a competitive product. It is hard to see how Ford and other legacy automakers will be able to complete though as they have to support an expensive dealership model.

Krakken

Ford ran its mileage test with 1,000lbs in the payload. Reviewers are expecting 400+ miles range as manufacturers typically measure range.

https://fossbytes.com/why-actual-ran...150-400-miles/

The fact that Ford tested its electric truck while carrying 1000 lbs of weight is appreciable.

Krakken

https://fossbytes.com/why-actual-ran...150-400-miles/

Krakken

That is a good point. Local grids are not currently capable of charging all the electric cars if 50% of the vehicles in the US are electric and they are all charging at the same time. But, by managing the charging times so all vehicles aren't charging at once, we aren't as far off. Also, many people don't drive 300 miles every day, so many cars will only need a partial "fill up" each evening, which also helps reduce the local grid impact.

b-real

iTrader: (1)

1 reviewer is predicting that. 1.

Krakken

Well, I only shared one, but there are more than one...

https://insideevs.com/news/510523/fo...-conservative/

I understand your overall point, and we will have to wait for official EPA and real world numbers. But my point is that Ford testing the range with the vehicle having 1,000lbs load is encouraging and should likely lead to better real world results. (Really, my point wasn't the number of reviewers).

[Update]
"Another strategy Ford employed to assuage the range-anxious is to underpromise and overdeliver. The company is targeting an EPA-estimated range of 300 miles for its extended-range model, and, according to Palmer, it achieved that with 1,000 pounds in the bed and without a bed cover. So drivers may end up surprised by how much range they're getting rather than disappointed by it, especially if they add a drag-reducing tonneau cover and don't haul very much. "

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford...-palmer-2021-5

Dulla

Put in a reservation the day after the announcement. I'm excited and I think the Lightning will fit my needs perfectly since I only use my "truck as a truck" occasionally. I have a ~20 minute commute to work everyday that includes dropping off/picking up the kids from daycare so range won't matter much other than the handful of times a year I go camping.

The thing I'm most excited about is seeing how it handles in the winter with the battery weight spread across the entire truck.

dalola

Well, someone has sure been hitting the coffee & sugar today.....