Beyond Batteries: Bringing Home Backup Power to F-150 Lightning Customers
I’m thrilled to share more details from our exciting partnership with Ford Motor Company on the new F-150 Lightning.
Since our founding 15 years ago, we’ve been committed to helping Americans electrify their homes and combat climate change. First by providing home solar and pioneering the $0 down, solar-as-a-service model. Then by expanding our products and services to provide battery backup power so that residents across the U.S. can power through blackouts and grid outages. Now, we’ve partnered with Ford, America’s automotive icon, on their new all-electric F-150 Lightning by enabling customers to power their homes with energy from their trucks.?
Ford’s F-Series has been America’s best-selling truck for 45 years. Now, with bidirectional charging capabilities (so that the truck can not only be charged by the home, but also power it), the F-150 Lightning and Sunrun’s supporting installation and technology expertise sets up the country to decarbonize the transportation sector for years to come.?
F-150 Lightning & Sunrun Updates
We’ve kept costs low to fulfill our promise of making clean energy affordable and accessible. F-150 Lightning owners will need only two additional hardware devices to use their truck as a power reserve for their home. One is the Ford Charge Station Pro, which is included with extended range F-150 Lightning orders or can be purchased separately for $1,310 MSRP. The other device is the Home Integration System, developed together by Sunrun and Ford, which will retail for $3,895 MSRP.?
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The Home Integration System lets the truck dispatch stored power when you need it most, similar to a stationary home battery. The F-150 Lightning has the ability to automatically begin powering your home when connected to the Ford Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System.?
What this means is the F-150 Lightning, especially when powered by Sunrun’s home solar services, gives you peace of mind during an electrical outage, so you can keep your home cool, your food safe, other devices running, and more. This also opens up possibilities for future functionality to take control over your energy use when electricity rates are higher, potentially saving money on electricity costs and reducing stress on the energy grid.
Our partnership with Ford couldn’t have come at a better time. In 2020, Americans experienced the most power interruptions on record, and with another hot summer on the way, outages are inevitable.?
America’s energy transition starts in our homes. Our partnership with Ford is just the latest in Sunrun’s legacy helping people transition to clean energy, reduce electricity costs, roll back carbon emissions and take control over their energy futures.
Mary Powell, Sunrun CEO
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5 个月THE REALITY OF SUNRUN. I am waiting """7 MONTHS"""now for Sunrun to reinstall my panels after a roof replacement. THE Worst customer service. Weekly calls and emails and no panels on my roof yet. CASE MANAGER KEEPS COMING UP WITH EXCUSES AS TO WHY IT'S NOT DONE YET. SOMEONE NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ASAP.
It seems the way alternatives are being sold is like a big sacrifice. Lets talk about the opportunities like for builders a longer day when needed. Unlike fossil fuel tools, electric tools run quieter and cleaner. For example try an old fossil fuel power washer against an electric power washer. Even just an electric generator. The F-150 is a very quiet and powerful generator on wheels, or how about a few solar panels and LiFePo batteries as a new generator that is probably more reliable than fossil fuel.. Alternatively sourced power should be sold for its competitive advantages and then it's clean.
Owner at Experienced Solar
2 年So our Mach E won’t be able to use the inverter transfer switch like the F-150 Lighting?
President- RedLeaf Group
2 年We need more of this in Utah. Love to see a push for more green energy and electric independence. Great work Mary!!
VP Energías Renovables | Planificación estratégica y gestión del rendimiento
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