Tesla now has Powershare vehicle-to-grid, vehicle to home charging and charge other EV with the new Cybertruck.
Cybertruck owners can power their camping equipment, power tools, or even their entire home during a blackout by using their electric truck as a mobile generator. The truck has 240-volt outlet in the rear bed that can be used to charge other EVs.
The Cybertruck can put out as much as 11.5kW, which is more than the Ford F-150 Lightning’s 9.6kW of onboard power or the GMC Sierra Denali EV’s 10.2kW.
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The extra range battery strikes me as a way for service trucks to recharge stranded Teslas.
This doesn’t really happen in practice. And the SOP for this if it does is to pull it up onto a flatbed and bring it to the grid.
What Tesla needs to develop is a car that is fully bidirectional with a gateway that enables the home to run off vehicle and/or powerwall even when the grid is down. Additionally, the vehicle can participate in peak shaving events and sell power back at $1-2+/kwh when needed.
that camper photo is nice. never seen that one before anyone know the source?