After a very long wait, finally Ford released on the American market the long-awaited Electric F-150 Lightning Pickupbut that does not mean that the development of the car has stopped: in recent days there has been talk of a very important feature of the F-150 Lightning, namely its ability to bidirectional chargingso as to allow you to power electrical systems using the car battery – or in the most extreme cases, even use the battery to recharge another electric car.
It is not the first time that we have heard about bidirectional charging on the F-150 Lightning, indeed, in recent months Ford had gone into detail on this function, explaining how a battery pack of the F-150 Lightning can power an entire house even for several days if there was a need; but now we are also aware of the curious equipment that Ford has decided to include with the car, in which there is also a charging connector for electric cars of type J1772 and a series of adapters for every occasionamong which there is also the one dedicated to Tesla – that in the USA it uses a proprietary connectorunlike the European versions.
The kit is dedicated to the first buyers of the car, those who without delay booked and bought the car when Ford opened the pre-orders: it is obviously a gimmick of marketingof a nice way of making fun of one’s main competitor, also going to underline how this function is not present on Tesla models, but above all to refer – at least in part – to the controversy born a few years ago after Tesla he had challenged an endothermic F150 with a prototype of the Cybertruckto show everyone the superior power of the electric proposal.
Today Ford is not only ready to respond blow for blow to Tesla, but can also boast the fact that it has actually brought its electric pickup to market, which cannot be said of Tesla.
