An increasingly common feature on EVs is something called Vehicle to Load , which provides the ability to plug in everyday items like laptops, coffee makers, toasters, electric drills and saws and run them off the vehicle’s lithium-ion battery pack. So on camping trips you can bring along power air pumps to blow up air mattresses, an espresso maker for that perfect morning cup and a video projector and popcorn maker for a fireside movie night.
Features that aren’t so common, but I expect in the coming years will become almost standard on all electric vehicles, are called Vehicle to Home and Vehicle to Grid that allow an EV owner to draw electricity from their vehicle and feed it into their home or back into the electric grid. You can even charge another EV using this technology.The all-new, all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning can provide power to a home in the event of an electrical outage using a feature called Vehicle to Home .
Andrew McCredie is Driving Editor at the Vancouver Sun and The Province and the host of Postmedia’s Plugged In podcast. Subscribe to it wherever you get your podcasts.
Just need a car. Don’t need to complicated things 😎