A few weeks ago, Ford's events kept having unexplained power outages, and there was always a Ford Lightning on hand to save the day. It happened enough times that many people on social media started
A few weeks ago, Ford’s events kept having unexplained power outages, and there was always a Ford Lightning on hand to save the day. It happened enough times that many people on social media started to suspect Ford was staging the power outages just to show off the Lightning’s ability to power things. Personally, I’d be mad if Ford unplugged houses randomly and came to the rescue, but if they are staging outages at their events, it’s just a cute publicity stunt.
But, there is another kind of power outage that’s far more predictable, and people don’t mind at all when someone plans ahead of time to come to the rescue: hurricanes. Like other storms that can have a negative impact on the grid, we can often see that they’re going to happen days in advance. State and federal governments, non-profits, and the people in the path of the hurricane always try to pre-stage resources and come up with plans to use resources to help people.
For Hurricane Ian, it was a much more organized effort. In addition to other corporate aid efforts, Ford sent F-150 Hybrids, F-150 Lightning electric trucks, E-Transits, and other vehicles to assist non-profits in powering relief efforts during outages. They also said they were working with dealers, but didn’t detail those arrangements. A good educated guess is that they’d ask dealers to help their local communities by lending out any vehicles they had that could provide power.
While we haven’t heard any stories of Ford-lent EVs and hybrids saving anybody in particular, we have heard from an F-150 Lightning owner. The whole story is pretty interesting, but for those of you who don’t want to click the link, the short version is that he used the truck to power cooking, lights, a refrigerator, and family entertainment during post-storm outages.
Activated emergency response plan, including contacting Ford employees, Ford dealers and those within itss network, helping to transport people to Salvation Army pop-up shelters.
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