Here’s how 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid Generator works for Texans
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In this live video, I'm going to show you how the 2021 Ford F-150 hybrid generator worked to create power for the Texas residents hit by the cold weather. The F-150 hybrid generator is a great solution to not needing to carry around a separate generator.
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Powerboost helped us big time during the storm. Ran a space heater, fridge and computer equipment for 24hrs while we lost power in Houston. Those items totaled 1600 watts and the truck would run on the battery for 5 min and then the truck would kick on for 1min at 1000rpm and then shut off. Based on my calculations I could have ran like this for 5 days.
Good to hear you survived. Tough times in Texas!
Hearing stories like these are really tempting me to buy one of these trucks. It was definitely a rough few days on Houston. Glad to hear you also fared off well.
5 days 70$ in gas. Sure beats thousands in damage to your home if it wasn't heated
@@Pickuptrucktalk 1.6 Kilowatts
I have a feeling that Ford is earning alot of new customers from this.
Got me thinking... I keep reading how innovative they are
What sold me on ford was when my engine lifters went out on my 2018 Silverado a year after purchasing. Chevy is actually a shitty manufacturer and company.
🤔 losing customers? #1 baby!🤭
@@AaronEmerald yep. GM is Garbage Motors
Yup.. I’m one of em.. been utilizing the feature for camping, off site welding, armed security work, etc etc.. Won’t get a truck without this feature ever again. Just too good of a setup to not have it. The rest of the industry still hasn’t followed suit yet in 2024. When they drop the 7.2kw option for the super duty line I’ll upgrade to one of those but not until then.
I have used this in my 21 f150 to thaw frozen pipes in my home in Dallas/Fort Worth while our power was out. I plan to have an electrician set up a cross over switch so that i can run critical items (like the gas furnace) should we have another extended power outage. Using this very feature is probably one of the main reasons we aren't on the news with a flooded house. When i got the truck i was thinking it was gimmicky and might be useful every once and awhile while camping. I could have never imagined actually using it to keep my family safe.
Glad you are safe and didn’t end up with a flooded house!
How difficult has it been to refuel during the freeze?
@@Immolate62 We never had an issue with fuel shortages in my area. Running two space-heaters and our fridge for almost 20 hours + making several trips to help friends with turning off water etc and i only used 1/8th of a tank. That being said our house got down to 40 deg so the fridge wasn't running all that much.
Ford designed this for tradesmen who may work on a site without electrical power. So it was designed to power power tools and compressors. TFL truck ran tests where they charged an electric car, and powered two travel trailers with it.
@@kdrapertrucker also for a rancher or an off-grid camper. I’ve tested it as well with great results.
Ford said in one of their commercials “ let the other guys keep dreaming about the future,we’ll be the ones building it”. The future is built, built Ford proud.
Ford is junk. Even their stock is considered junk stock. Wait till something breaks on one of these 75K trucks. You literally could consider the truck is totaled when you have to pay thousands of dollars to fix it. Literally, go into the F140 forums or Ford forums and read the threads from people.
I guess you’re right, best selling truck over 43 years straight. 🤔
@@yayarea6418 Car sales is one thing. Reliability is something completely in itself different. Type in F-150 reliability into google and read for yourself. Repairpal, Consumer Reports, Edmunds, all say same thing... "the F-150 has lacked reliability for years. For four model years now, this popular pickup manufactured by Ford has earned *one out of five* -- the lowest score possible -- for predicted reliability form CR"
Like i said wait till something breaks on one of these 75K trucks and you have a 7,000$ engine or tranny repair on top of your 800$ a month truck payment.
me me So people are buying F150’s because they’re unreliable it’s one thing to sell a lot of trucks for a year or two and then people see the flaws in it so your sales numbers would go down and you wouldn’t be the best selling truck.
@@yayarea6418 Exactly.. u get it now lol. The 'best selling car/truck' is only new car sales. Not used cars. So selling it after 2 years after the flaws start dont count in 'best selling truck'. A year ago, Ford nearly hit 900,000 sales in F-150's alone. Think bout that. 30-70K per unit @ 900K units sold. At the low end (30K) assuming they all were..... gifted Ford 30million in just F150 sales. All that money just from truck sales alone and your stock is still considered junk status... What does that tell you.
I am a Chevy owner and always have been, this truck is making me want to look at these bad boys. If it can help in critical situations like that, just imagine the possibilities, hats off you FORD I'm on my way....
glad to have you in the Ford camp ....they never rest , always innovating !
Coming out of the closet I see 😂
You won't be disappointed. I'm probably the 100th person you heard say this but ford is the best
If this isn't a big incentive to go out and buy an F 150 with the powerboost, I can't think of a better reason. And good on Ford asking Texas dealers to loan them to help the locals, definitely matches their tagline "Built for America".
If I was in the market for a full size, this F150 with the 7.2 kw would be the only truck I would look at.
i couldn't find a single one in central Florida when I bought my truck. There were plenty of Power Boosts out there, and I bought them, but they were all 2.4 KW. That's not enough to run your HVAC, but its plenty to run your fridge and freezer and provide enough power for your TV and internet. That would be my preference because 7.2 KW doesn't last long on a tank of gas, but 2.4 KW will last over 80 hours at full load. Gas always becomes a scarcity during these events, which we have in Florida every time a hurricane roles through. Now if you keep a fuel tank at the homestead, you could probably run everything including your HVAC for as long as you needed.
What’s with the thumbs down people 🤷♂️
I agree because it’ll run my necessities as my champion 7500 watt generator does currently and I can use the heavy duty cord already in my possession from the truck to my inlet box, THANKS FORD!
Tim you said it best at the end of the video, "this truck is truly a game changer!"
Didn't know ford was loaning out trucks, to help texas. Just switched from chevy to ford. Glad i did.
Not only can you power the entire house, I DID power the entire house. I energized my entire panel with the 240 volt outlet of my 21 F-150 powerboost. Handy to have when the power went out here in Houston.
Ford need to put this hybrid system in the Transit van. I'd be all over it. I find more utility in a van than I do with a truck.
I agree, It truly is a "common sense" way forward IMO.
We had an ice storm 20 plus years ago up here in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. Power was out for two weeks and more for some people. If you had a portable generator that wasn't chained down it would get stolen.
I bet ford is going to sell the heck out of those truck's after this 😄👍👍🇺🇸
The time is now to get Ford stock!
Ford could not have imagined a better marketing opportunity in their wildest dreams. They come out with a hybrid then the biggest truck market in the solar system freezes over and loses electricity.
RIP other brands.
My thoughts exactly
Ford is always a step ahead of the competition,and they ARE an AMERICAN COMPANY folks remember that when you spend your money it stays in the U.S. A. 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This will be an important development for rv camping. With 7.2kw you can run everything in a large rv.
Definitely…….
The big difference between this setup and a regular generator is the ability to only provide as much power as is needed on demand, and then when the engine starts it's charging at max rate so it's getting the energy out of the gasoline into the battery as fast as possible and then turning off. Compare that to a generator where it's either running or not running, there's no ability to use less fuel if the load is light. So people are using a fraction of the energy being produced but the gasoline is still being consumed whether the energy is being used or not.
This is incorrect.. Most, if not all generators/inverters use more fuel for a higher demand.
@@possibility28able to a certain degree, yes--if it's a more expensive generator it can have variable engine speed, but only within a certain margin. They don't shut off and restart when the demand occurs so they are still using fuel when no electricity is being used, and most consumer grade generators will kick up to the high speed with a very small amount of demand. There is no comparison of the efficiency between a variable speed generator and this configuration.
@@mikesmith379 I mean. I think there is almost a direct comparison, but one requires manual transfer of power while the other (f 150) seems to be automatic, which is more convenient, but if you just simply power off the generator when you're not using it, the gas consumption and efficiency should be similar as its just an inverter
@@possibility28able That's probably a better comparison, but I can't imagine most people doing that. I live in hurricane country and practically everybody just runs their generator full-time until they run out of fuel!
If you want to dig into the math, I spent some time trying to figure out my situation when the power was out for a week. I calculated that to keep fans going all night while we slept I needed about 6 amps (110 V) continuous supply. If I had a battery system then I would only be drawing that much and no more, and the generator would only turn on when the batteries needed to be recharged. Then the batteries will be taking the full output from the generator and getting maximum efficiency out of the fuel being used until the generator shut off.
You could try to figure out the equivalent scenario for a generator to supply that level of power through the night, but I suspect that the actual amount of gasoline being used would be much higher.
I'm a ram truck guy but this truck has everything that I need!! I'll order one and wait 4 months to get it!! 😬😬😎😎
Ford just take my money!! I want one😂
I'll be picking mine up in two &1/2 months 🙂
Ford really needs to put this feature in their transit vans! It would be perfect for all the camper conversions.
I’m not a ford truck guy, but got to admit this is some good PR, and got me checking some of these trucks out.
Why aren't you a ford person?
my mom , father, and brother drove a ford, they had terrible experiences with the vehicles and the dealer.
Personally, I always liked the shape of the Dodge Ram, especially the the ram limited with black, or black and brown mix interior. Now I’m just waiting for the electrical version.
I was planning on waiting until December to buy the Powersource, trading in my 14 Ram which I love, but I have a feeling 2021 is going to light us up with Hurricane season in Houston.
Great video I guess you can say F-O-R-D...First On Race Day! I ran my whole house for 5 days on a 5500 watt generator! Every thing, well,, heating, lights etc all but the electric clothes dryer so I believe a 7.5 kw equipped truck would do all your essentials! My Prayers for the folks in the Great State of Texas!
Forever On Rescue Duty.
I’ve been ford truck owner since I could drive.
Sick! I’ve been a tesla owner since i could drive. Glad to see Ford being innovative.
Ford needs to have a 12,000watt converter with a 50amp hookup in there F-250 and 350. For all those pipeliner running big fifth wheels.
A little Honda 2200i is cheaper than a 2021 Ford F-150, but having one's better than a sharp stick in the eye..
Wow this is cool. Wish the older hybrids had this or even just a 3 prong socket for my laptop.
You can run your central gas heater off the Power Boost truck. The 7.2 kw generator means you can run for a full 30 hours at up to 7.2 kw per hour. With the hybrid monitoring the battery the truck uses about a gallon of gas and hour with a full electric load!
I have had put tripplite 3000 inverters on all my trucks with 3 batteries in parallel for work purposes. 110 volt with 20 amps. get about 4 hours when pulling 10 amps before I have to start my 3/4 ton Ford Super Duty, JEEP GLADIATOR, and or my Ford Raptor. I have put these type of inverters with 3 Yellow or Blue Optima batteries in Parallel on all my trucks for over 20 years now. Works like a champ.
When Ford engineered this F150 with the 7.2 kilowatt I was amazed. I am looking forward to this technology when it reaches the 3/4 ton Ford to 1 ton diesels with the 7.2 kilowatt battery. Will be the ultimate machine.. I would have purchased the F150 7.2 Kilowatt, but ford does not offer this with the Diesel F150.
Good job on putting a youtube video out. FORD does have TUTORIAL VIDEOS THAT YOU CAN SHOW SPECIFICALLY ON HOW TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY.
Thanks for this! Texas is in my prayers.
Ron from Chicago sounds like that f150 is kick ass
Tim, you're absolutely crushing it. Bravo!
I have a Honda EU7000 inverter generator for my whole house back up. Of course not all at the same time but I can run my heat pump (A/C or heat), my hot water heater, well pump, fridge, freezer etc and my home has all led lighting. Phenomenal run time at 25% load. Main reason for not having a larger generator is fuel consumption. Inconvenient yes but beats the hell out of sitting in a cold dark house with no water, sewage or heat or fridge and freezer. . Have enough fuel on hand at anytime to run 7-10 days without touching the fuel in my several vehicles including my F-150 with the large fuel tank. This Power-stroke with the 7.2 kw inverter is the only alternative to my generator that I would prefer. Wasn’t available 3 years ago unfortunately.
Maybe the new acronym for FORD should be First On Recharge Day! Congratulations to Ford and all of their staff for coming to the rescue.
Hear in Ireland house are heated with hot water from boiler to radiator in each room .Circulating the water from the engine radiator to the house rather than cooling it with the fan would make the engine super efficient boiler/genrator and save on space heaters .
In an emergency where you dont have radiator you could put a tank in a room a circulate the hot water to it from the truck
Very cool especially if you overland/live out of your truck. Great video ty!
7.5 kw will power a house. Hook it up through the 240 four prong outlet to a transfer switch and you’re good to go.
Just remember to turn off the main power switch. If theres a lineman workin on the lines it will backfeed into the grid and shock him
Can't wait to pick up my truck this week. $53k out the door!
Thank you ford life savers literally!❤👑
Ford is the best in texas 🤣
Wow came across this video wasn't planning on watching this video I'm very glad I did excellent explanation of everything good job brother
Given the length of time I'm reading that Texans have been without power. I'm thinking the best use of a hybrid F150 with gas in it is to get the hell out of Texas for the time being. Ford asserted that it has 700miles of range on a full tank. That should be able to take you to someplace with working gas stations. Then if you can't (or won't) get a hotel room, to wait the crises out, live out of the F150.
I don’t know how many people are willing to abandon their homes if they can ride it out with this system.
I WANT THIS ON THE F250!
I want to see a diesel electric F-250 with this feature.
@@GKMess42 It might not come to the heavy-duty market for a while. And when it dose, its just about guaranteed to only be on the gas version.
@@jaked.6947 I agree, the chances of this coming to the Super Duty line in any form is slim, but I can still dream!
I know I'm simplifying things here, but I would think that since diesel electric locomotives are possible, it wouldn't take a whole lot to take that idea to a diesel truck.
I can’t wait till this is widely available throughout the industry so that the prices can drop.
Good luck with that. In the old days that was true. Now days it is all about greed.
@@williamclark9624 competition makes prices drop. Also - lack of sales. They’ll price themselves out of it if they keep raising prices
This was a good move by ford, excited for this capability on the upcoming Rivian and Tesla trucks, about 5 days worth of power in those.
Sister called from Texas... her Tesla solar and batteries are keeping the house running like normal... including charging her car while others cant get gas because gas stations don’t have power to pump..
Solar and batteries for the win.
How much does she have invested in the system? Some numbers would be helpful 😶
@@mhassouneh $40k... eliminated her $600 a month utility bill.
Full ROI in 66 months.... actually faster since she no longer pays for gasoline so that’s another $200-400 a month savings. So probably realistic ROI less than 4 years.
@@cybertrk That’s fantastic! Do you know what sort of power she’s making?
Wondering if you could ask if she also sells to the grid? I would like to do this when I move to Austin this year.
Unless you live in Michigan where you don’t see the sun for 6 months.
I already made up my mind to buy the 2022 Tundra Hybrid....Never mind. F150 hybrid, here I come !!!
Anyone with a transfer switch can make use of the 240 volt plug and stop dilly dallying around. For non "approved" methods..... CUT THE MAIN DISCONNECT TO THE HOME FIRST (so you don't backfeed the grid through your transformer and get a lineman hurt)..... then come in through a welder outlet, or a dryer outlet or any other 240v receptacle in the house with a male to male cord from truck generator to home.
Whether you do it correctly or not, then you pick up both legs of your house electrical panel and can simply turn on the breakers for the circuits you wish to power from the truck. I will tell you that 7000 watts will power most of a home and you will hardly notice the power outage. If the home is gas heat, water heater, stoves, dryer and the like.... you can power the entire home no sweat from the truck. Electric heat isn't going to happen unless you just ran say one 5k strip in a single air handler or something. Buck stove is the answer there. Run the hvac fan only to circulate the fireplace heat and otherwise you have your home powered up sans electric stove, and hot water for the most part.
As soon as I heard mention of this generator option I wanted it BAD in the superduty. Can't believe F150 always gets the cool stuff first. Superduty needs a 10k now....
Do Texas houses even have furnaces at all? I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t.
I’m Very Impressed Of How He Did It Thanks 😊 To Ford Bringing Up New Ideas 💡 To Life
Ford just won the world's largest costumers !!! Great video!! Ford or nothing!!! Subscribed!!
Great video!!! I have been waiting for this my entire life (I just didn't know it). This is such a game changer for the market. Especially for those who have generators who know that the generator decides to die the moment you need it (because you don't do regular maintenance on it and let it sit for months-years). Can't wait to see how Toyata, Chevy, Dodge, and Nissan respond: this is only the beginning. And if you own a camper trailer, this is a MUST. Great video. My only complaint is that you shouldn't hate on the EVs, the hybrid has an advantage of the gas engine that can charge the batteries (a nice advantage), but you can fix the charging problem. For instance, ifyou have solar panels on your house. Yes, it's one more thing to buy, but the cost difference of the truck more than makes up for the cost difference of the solar panels.
Can't wait for the tech to evolve....never owned a Ford but I'm definitely going to look into it now
Living in Florida and some of our daily storms in the summer are close to a hurricane. Guaranteed every summer that we don't get a hurricane we will loose power 5 to 7 days from 2 to 6 hours every summer. The last hurricane we had I lost power for two weeks with no frig throw out all your food no AC hotter then hell use the car to charge the phone and use that as a TV it sucks only good part is I pitch a tent on the back porch and use the blow up mattress and sleep outside since it 's way to hot to sleep inside.
This is the most correct information that I have seen! Well done Sir!
Pretty sweet stuff. I love the idea but how much gen draw are you pulling with nothing plugged in....? It would be great to see it in a tool with 5kw+ draw.
This is now in my "to buy" list
One issue with this design is that the truck generator apparently has a bonded neutral. This is fine for feeding individual loads but if backfed from the 220 volt outlet to the house main panel (with the utility main switch off) the truck will show a ground fault because the neutral is bonded in two locations: the truck and the house. Ford needs to provide a way to unbound the neutral to supply the whole house.
Can you run equipment off the back outlets while driving? Putting a mini fridge or freezer in the back would be great for road trips!
Yep. I tried that with rechargeable batteries. It works!
Thanks from Houston
“You can’t power the entire house” if you’ve got a gas heater and gas water heater I’d venture to guess you could. I can run my 1600^2 ft house off a 7500w generator.
Most houses run 100-200 amps. The max the truck puts out is 30 amps if you can find a way to run an extension cord from that outlet.
@@Pickuptrucktalk most houses have a 200 amp service that doesn’t mean you house uses 200 amps. www.generlink.com/generlink.html here is the easiest way to wire up your whole house with a 30a plug.
If your house is using constant 100 amps at 240v that’s 16,000 KWh a month. I’d venture 30 kwh a day is on the high end.
Excellent information. Only additional comment would be that the base 2.0kWh requires the truck to be running the whole time just like the competition.
awesome truck to have in a crisis ! thanks for the intel
You can't buy a truck with a generator for a once in a lifetime power outage. Yes it's great if you have it if you need it. I've had a generator for back up power for 25 years and needed once
Hard to put a price on peace of mind. :)
I'm looking forward to Ford doing a Powerboost for the Super Duty trucks.
I see most PU going to offer this in 1-2 model years. Also a drop in regular generators
Whoa it's like a more efficient generator, brilliant! Does the non hybrid one have the extra battery or not?
The non-hybrid doesn't have a battery, but you can get a 2.0 kW onboard generator for the truck which draws off the engine through an inverter.
Hope this can be an option on the Raptor
First off, I'm a real fan of this hybrid. However when you're using power at the higher end of capability it makes no difference whether it's a hybrid or not powering the outlet. The efficiency of the engine comes into play, for fuel usage, but the physics of generating electricity stays the same. In fact, it might be that the hybrid is less efficient due to the additional step of routing the electricity through the battery before getting it to the outlet. (Full disclosure, I do own Ford stock😁)
Not so fast. That's exactly how a UPS works, and that's exactly how commercial generators are use to provide disaster recovery in businesses so that emergency power is transparent to the user. Obviously you're not going to have your F-150 plugged into your grid to provide transparent failover to genset power, but the battery doesn't really tax the power. It does make sure the power is clean and spike-free however. That is why our equipment runs off of UPS all the time, and even our commercial power is run through the UPS. All we have to worry about is a fuel supply and testing the equipment regularly to make sure it's going to work when we need it.
@@Immolate62 I tend to agree but, but I think that there is a tax that depends on efficiency of the battery and it's control components and connectors. The heat in the components is the tax, assuming everything is sized so there's no delivery restrictions.
Every time energy changes phase it loses something. Gasoline to electricity using a generator (truck engine or stand alone) is far from 100% efficient, there are significant loses in heat, that's why engines have cooling systems. Putting the electricity into a battery then transferring it through wires to a device loses energy too. The battery can do a good job of evening out the supply to a load but it does nothing to generate electricity. Watching the video you would be given the impression the hybrid battery was the source of the supplied power when in fact all it does is store the power from the generator on the way out of the truck.
Don't get me wrong, I think Ford Power on Board systems are great, I just ordered an F-150 V-8 with the 2kW generator, but they really are just large portable generators that you don't have to worry about the gas going stale and the oil turning to sludge from sitting in a shed for months or years between uses.
I want to trade my 2021 XLT 3.5Ecoboost for the Hybrid. Dang.
Not all f150 with that system?
@@sublextube2459
Hybrid versions get standard 2.4kw generator, they can upgrade to 7.2kw.
Gas engines get either 400W, or 2kw.
I have the 2kw system in my 3.5Ecoboost.
@@joostinkong
I think 2kw enough we here in Yemen the electricity always went off
So we sometimes use solar energy with battery which has 600w and thanks for your answer
@@sublextube2459 very good information my friend. Thank you.
I think I will be fine with 2kw to run emergency heat and fridge.
Hi Tim,
Thanks for sharing this great information seems like this good thing to have due what is happened In Texas .
Crazy I know I am years late. I am going to be in a crazy situation and have to live out of my truck 3 nights out of the week. I purchased a 2023 F-150 with the 7.2 kilowatt. I was shopping for a Jackery. But honestly don't know if I'm going to need it. You answered my question. Was curious how many watts I can run. Heard 2,400. Had no clue the wattage on the truck when I brought it. Only was interested in my dream truck, F-150 Lariat 6.5 bed. Now shopping for a shell, Domestic fridge freezer, and the Jaxkery. But again don't know if I need it. Great informative video.
Honestly my question is why did it take so long for it to happen? Blackouts while uncommon aren't unheard of, and people want to have power when camping and stuff. The car or truck is already a fairly large mobile piece of equipment that stores fuel, but wasting gas to constantly run the inverter is a huge waste. Good on Ford being the first I suppose? Well maybe there have been others in the past that weren't as popular or as efficient or some such.
Could be interesting what else the companies think to stick it in, I would guess crossovers or SUVs if it's a big camping thing. That and not everyone wants a truck so large they can't fit it in a garage, though if it's still burning gas every so often when creating power remember to let the garage get ventilation.
Find yourself a Toyota Prius. The engine will only run to charge the battery. Use an inverter. Quiet and reasonably efficient compared to a standard gas generator.
Just ran a quick Autotrader check for a hybrid F150... $54K. While I applaud the technology Ford is bringing to the table, I was able to power my entire house with a Champion 7.5Kw generator I bought from Tractor Supply. Install a Circuit Breaker interlock switch and a 240v inlet and you are covered. I can run on gasoline or even propane bottles. No extension cords all over the house to trip over. My total cost? Less than $1K and I don't have to leave my $54K truck parked outside during bad weather.
If you also have a powerwall, would you be able to charge it with the truck?
Yes.
Ford is first to market with most technology. Everyone else looks to Ford and tries to copy.
Imagine seeing a 7.3 v8 gas powerboost 510 hp and 630 torque, 26 mpg city and highway
I just bought one👊🏿
I ha a 4 kw generator i bought Home Depot for $299.00 lasts around 8 hrs on a tank of gas.
I use for back up on my solar powered cabin up in northern Canada, to charge up battery bank during low light days in dec, jan, feb. We only get 4 or 5 hrs of sun.
Pretty neat, I’d be willing to be the V6 at idle is as efficient as a 8 hp single cyl air cooled engine at full load/rpm. And a lot quieter... how does the locking while running work out on this?
Simple. Lock the doors and walk away.
@@Pickuptrucktalk sweet... so it’ll keep up the auto start stop and charging routine indefinitely so long as it has fuel?
@@DirtE30 To a point, yes. I haven't tested it this far, but either a quarter or 1/8 of a tank, Ford says it will turn off to conserve fuel. Basically, so you can drive it to get more gas.
@@Pickuptrucktalk well, I guess it’s a good option until you need to drive it to work the next morning... kinda puts a damper on things there.
@@DirtE30 I’m going camping this summer to see exactly how much fuel it uses overnight. I’m hearing from others it is a pretty minimal amount. So, I expect it to make it over the night on little fuel 1/8-1/4 of a tank. This should allow me to camp all night, stop for gas every other day and not force me to listen to a generator or bother with it. It is a neat option that I expect all brands to offer.
You can use this to start a side job, like mobile detailing.
So if the truck is not on does that mean no carbon monoxide coming out of the exhaust when using the generator? I want to be clear on this. Thanks!
Correct if the engine is not running, no carbon monoxide.
@@Pickuptrucktalk thanks!
@@nancy8269 just to be clear, the engine will turn on in generator mode meaning you will have carbon monoxide out of the tail pipe.
“... FORD isn’t doing anything special ...”. Wait , what? They are the only game in town with that set-up genius ...
Tesla can do the same thing.
@@Pickuptrucktalk: Say THAT when you have the keys to one in your hands ...
@@theodavis9778 huh? The truck in this video? Yeah, I bought it.
@@Pickuptrucktalk yea but using the tesla will void the warranty lol
Tundra won't get the generator feature til 2035 lol
2035 is WAY too soon for Toyota :)
it'll have solar panels and a windmill in the bed.
@@shitloveaduck You're rare because i dont here much trouble out of tundras and tacomas
@@shitloveaduck From my experience seeing both Chevy Ford Dodge and then seeing Toyota even Nissan and Honda the Japanese seem to outlast The Big Three now my dad had an old F-150 from '88 87 then went to 400,000 MI but he currently has a 05 f150 and the transmission slipping at 150k while on the other side of my family my Grandma had a 92 Camry that you could not kill matter of fact it out live her cuz she's been gone since 2005 and her brother has the Camry now and it's still going when I go to the shops I see Fords Chevys Dodge in those shops I don't see a lot of Toyotas Hondas unless the person dogged those cars out or they're just so old that things are bound to go out but that's from my personal experience I think overall tundra makes a more reliable truck but I know nowadays everybody want the bells and whistles so maybe the next tundra and Tacoma will have the bells and whistles that the new F-150 Silverado and RAM have the little Honda Ridgeline seem to be holding up to I've seen them with as much as 300K and original parts still running so it's a combination of reliability and people doing your normal maintenance... And don't get me started with those lexuses they hard to kill 😂🤣🤣
@@shitloveaduck Lexus vehicles can actually be quite tankish lol .... They last ! Seen some when they finally die 450k 330k .... Good toyota probucts ...
Maybe this will be enough to convince Scotty to trade his 1994 Celica for one of these Tim. Not sure how he is getting along he is too annoying to listen to on UA-cam but he does live in Texas. Where there is usually no cold and the vehicles don't rust. I have a 30 year old Honda generator at my house for the furnace power if needed on a proper disconnect switch, 3500 watt. But I certainly wouldn't mind running the cord to the driveway instead one day. Much more convenient than hauling the old generator out of the garage assuming in a storm. Does make a lot of sense, a little greasy situation for Ford to use it as marketing however IMO. I'm sure lots of people are using the old dryer outlet power to the house trick during this, powers both poles but I would not do it.
Scotty Crammer moved out of Texas,he lives in Tennessee now .
@@donaldpiper9763 I'm sure his neighbors will miss him. All those acceleration runs in a residential area. What a moron.
I'm buying one when I save up
How do you get Wifi in the truck? Is there an added monthly cost?
Yep, you pay for it. You go through AT&T and it is $20 a month.
Thank you for all the info.
Definitely getting one soon!
I would love to see some type of this engine come into the heavy duty market
Wish I had the money tho... sweet truck. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Would it be possible to add a system like this to the super duty without the power boost where the engine cuts in and out? Could you explain the benefits and negative effects of having the power boost system itself? Thanks for the quality content...
You can’t add it simply. Lots of hardware and software. Just going to have to wait for Ford engineers to set it up on next generation Super Duty.
Not really sure how to answer pros and cons besides price vs mpg, torque and power onboard generator.
@@Pickuptrucktalk Thanks for the quick replies, I was just curious if it's possible for Ford to engineer it without having to put the system that cuts the engine on and off. What are your thoughts on that system after using it a while? Any negative thoughts on it or all good? It just seems like a chance for a lot more things to go wrong.. not that I'm averse to change, just a little leery of new technology and working out all the bugs. Thanks again...
@@fathertime209 well, the genius of the system is it turns on and off. If it didn’t, it would be no better than a generator.
Another thing to consider, is the turning on and off isn’t new. We’ve had that for years. Also, hybrids aren’t new, we’ve had them for a decade.
This isn’t a revolutionary new engineering feat. Rather it is an evolutionary feature.
Great video, Tim!
Did I hear you say that the gasoline only engine has 2kw generator?
Yep.
I wish GM had this same setup using the 3.0 diesel. That would be great!
If GM see this video I’m sure they will now
Probably best done with the 4.3 or 5.3, the torque curve of the electric motor and Diesel engine is redundant with each other.
Jason Windelborn @ GM trucks are at least 2 years behind Ford when it comes to technology. They do have a lot of cameras though! lol
@@falconwaver Thinking out loud here...Maybe using the 2.7 instead of the 4.3. Since GM is all about cost saving and rumor is the 2.7 will be the only engine choice on the new Colorado/Canyon.
@@hosea1320 Maybe, maybe not... I’ve own all the big three and all have there issues. I rather have reliable vs latest tech personally.This is obviously why Toyota sells the crap out of the Tacoma yet. Your right though they do seem to have a lot of Cameras. 🤷♂️
I am waiting for the new redesigned super duties, can't wait
I have 2020 F250 tremor. The plugs in it are useless. I wish they could find a way to upgrade trucks after market to this power option. It would be perfect.
Great explanation Tim!
This is nice wow very helpful
If it's too cold outside why would your food go bad in the freezer? Just put it out in the cold.
Power outage in the summer.
Great video!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for Sharing! Great information!
what is the square cover on the bottom right at the back of the bed
Square? Hmm... round are covering up tie down hooks. Not sure what other cover you are referring to.