Late last year, The Blue Oval revealed that its lineup of vehicles would feature vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) charging capabilities, allowing them to lend power to dead electric vehicles in need, such as a Tesla Model 3. Ford F-150 pickups outfitted with Pro Power Onboard technology, as well as the F-150 Lightning, were even shipped off to Kentucky to lend aid during historic flooding events earlier this year. Now, EV Pulse, a YouTube channel that specializes in all things EV, recently put an F-150 PowerBoost hybrid to the test to find out how quickly and practically the truck could resurrect a dead Tesla.
As a reminder, the Ford F-150 PowerBoost hybrid features a 7.2 kW onboard generator. EV Pulse wonders how long this system would take to charge an EV, and if it proves practical, then it could certainly prove to be a valuable vehicle for recovery companies to have in their fleets. To test the speed and efficiency with which an F-150 PowerBoost can charge, they start their F-150 with a full tank, and will measure how much fuel is burned during the charging process.
The goal is to charge the Tesla from 50 percent to 90 percent. The Ford F-150 hybrid handles this no problem, and easily sustains its peak output rating of 7.2 kW throughout the test. With the continuous output, the pickup’s RPMs never exceed 1,000, meaning that its running engine stays quiet throughout the charging process. It only took three hours to charge the Tesla from 50 to 90 percent, and the F-150 only consumed a little over three gallons of fuel. That translates to roughly 32 miles of driving range per gallon.
EV Pulse notes that while a generator is a far more affordable option for charging an EV than a whole Ford F-150 hybrid, in a pinch, the truck’s generator capabilities have more than just one functionality. It can also provide power for campsites, power tools and other necessary electronics.
“You can bet money that if we were in the business of rescuing stranded EVs, we would have the F-150 hybrid in our fleet,” EV Pulse concludes.
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That is truly amazing the very high fuel efficiency of this F150-Power-Pro, if true..
32 MPG even after going through the inefficiencies of making electricity and charging a battery? Pretty amazing… Of course to go from 50 to 90% for a Tesla means that it only has a smallish 50 kwh battery – or smaller considering that there is some inefficiency in the Tesla charging its battery – in other words 20 kwh from the truck does not totally make it into chemical energy in the Tesla battery – probably 18 kwh at best – but then an old tesla may have a shrinking battery.
But it is what it is and the truck’s efficiency is fantastic when making electricity.
Gee, if only Ford had an EV that could have been used for this story!! D’oh.
Title of the article is charging dead evs. Not 50% to 90%. Big difference. Not to mention it took 3 hours to do it. Worthless.
TFL Truck already did something like this on their YouTube channel a long while ago. They’ve done tons of real world tests with the F-150 hybrid as a matter of fact.