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Ford surprises F-150 Lightning owners with adapter for charging stranded Teslas

by bound008 on 6/8/22, 9:09 PM with 48 comments

• by yarg on 6/8/22, 10:04 PM

  This reminded me of the fact that you can charge an electric vehicle by towing it.

  Apparently Ford's got a patent: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1132920_ford-patents-cha...

  On what pretty much amounts to reversing the polarity.

• by grepfru_it on 6/9/22, 12:10 AM

  Food for thought: towing a 10,000lb load will shorten the range to well under 100 miles. Then you need to recharge it. This doesn’t sound useful in the slightest. Maybe very specific missions will benefit but far from the norm of a f150.

  Personally I will not spend $75k (fully loaded at $90k) just for the possibility to charge my house if the power goes out or to use power tools at a work site, there are lower cost options for both. Def wouldn’t tow a boat 300mi to the beach so this model really seems like a toy but maybe I’m missing something? Anyone else seriously consider this truck?

• by tims33 on 6/8/22, 9:13 PM

  It is great to see a 120 year old company have so much energy. At the same time, Tesla is still the best when it comes to range.

• by bound008 on 6/8/22, 9:10 PM

  Had to edit the title to fit... original title: > Ford surprises F-150 Lightning owners with accessory that can recharge stranded Teslas

• by bergenty on 6/9/22, 8:11 AM

  Is there any way to use some combination of adapters to charge the F-150 at Tesla superchargers?

• by klondike_ on 6/8/22, 11:40 PM

  Part of the reason for the Ford Model T's success was its versatility. It was popular among farmers and third parties sold numerous conversion kits to make it into a tractor, snowmobile, plow, generator, etc. In many ways the Lightning seems destined to fill this role today by acting as a mobile power station for jobsites and remote areas

• by hndamien on 6/9/22, 12:10 AM

  This reads like a press release... I would be less skeptical if I had ever actually seen or heard about a "stranded Tesla". https://insideevs.com/news/590336/ford-f150-lightning-includ... https://www.thedrive.com/news/ford-threw-in-a-tesla-charging... https://au.pcmag.com/cars-auto/94457/fords-electric-f-150-li... https://www.powernationtv.com/post/ford-gifts-f-150-lightnin... https://www.carscoops.com/2022/06/ford-f-150-lightning-comes... https://mybroadband.co.za/news/motoring/447890-the-ford-f-15... https://gearjunkie.com/news/ford-f-150-lightning-tesla-charg... https://electrek.co/2022/06/06/ford-adapter-charge-stranded-... https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/fords-electric-f... https://koolplaz.com/ford-surprises-f-150-lightning-owners-w... https://hitechglitz.com/ford-surprises-f-150-lightning-owner... https://www.techradar.com/au/news/is-ford-trolling-tesla-wit...