Nice write-up. Didn't realize almost the entirety of the Cadillac lineup had V2H capability. Forgot about the Tesla but there's not many of the out on the road.
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I made a quick comment about the SigEnergy V2X charger in the chargers thread.
I saw it thanks. With my current home setup I don't really need to do V2X. Still very interesting.I made a quick comment about the SigEnergy V2X charger in the chargers thread.
This has me wondering something on the mobile side of things. If Scout is going to offer factory delivery will they also pre-sell a mixed bag of charging adapters to be able to make the drive home from Blythewood? Not sure how vehicle owners get home without it and current EV owners probably don’t want to lug them along-or imagine if you fly in then drive home. Just putting that out there for SM to think about. Not saying it should be free but they should offer the common kit of adapters during that pick up process
Oh great idea. I would need that.
I suspect many would. Would also be great if SM put a bank of different chargers in to educate us newbies on how to connect, etc…
I think it would be great if Scout Motors partnered with Ionna, EA, Brand-T, EVGo, ChargePoint, and maybe a few others to install DCFC and L2 chargers at the pickup/delivery locations. And part of the training would be for a Scout Motors rep to take the customer through the process of charging at several of the plugs. Preferably two DCFC (CCS1 and NACS) and two L2 (J1772 and NACS) chargers so people get an understanding of the different adapters as well as the different ways to initiate a charge.
Exactly my thinking because it’s all new to me and many others
Great idea. Let's hope someone is listening.
When I got mine back in November, it was showing as sold out at first but I kept checking back and it came back in stock within a week or two.
My vehicle (F150 Lightning) has a CCS1/J1772 port, but I got the Emporia Pro in NACS configuration to future proof since my next vehicle will almost certainly have a NACS port. I purchased the 2 adapters from A2ZEV https://a2zev.com/ that @SpaceEVDriver recommended. One is for AC charging and the other is for DCFC. I have been using the AC one with the Emporia NACS EVSE and it works flawlessly.
Great information. Thanks for sharing your findings.
I had my electrician install a manual transfer switch and generator inlet plug on my house. Using the V2L capability of the Lightning I have partial backup power during outages.
The Lightning is one of the few EVs currently available that has a 240V outlet (if optioned properly) and using that I have 7.2 kW of power available. That is plenty to run the essentials in an outage. As mentioned, you can't run an electric based heating system or big A/C units off it, but it is plenty for low-draw circuits like outlets for charging phones, internet router, fridge, lighting circuits, etc.
When I had my solar installed a few years ago, I had my electric service upgraded from 100A to 200A, and I had the install crew set up the subpanel with the critical loads that I would want backed up in a power outage.
Because I already had the critical loads panel, my electrician wired the transfer switch so that it backs up that subpanel, thereby giving me power for the important circuits I need during an outage, while leaving the heavy draw loads like the water heater, wall oven, electric range, etc in the main panel and not trying to power those with the truck.
As mentioned earlier, the Lighting does have V2H capability but it requires several thousand dollars worth of extra equipment and it has been plagued with reliability issues from the start. Over on the F150 Lightning forum there are numerous threads with people telling their unfortunate stories of trying to get it working and mostly being unsuccessful. If you don't mind throwing a few switches manually, and you can get by with 7.2 kW of backup power for critical loads, using the V2L functionality as a portable generator is the cheaper, more reliable way to go.
That said, you have to use a 3 pole transfer switch and switch the neutral to avoid having the GFCI on the Lightning trip and shut off when using it for this purpose.
When I got my bolt I was given a discount for a charger, just incase the GM standard one wasn’t in the car, I bought the plug in Charge point home charger. When we finally had it installed our electrician said they would hardwire it for a few reasons but we chatted before the install they recommended I should buy the nacs wire for the future since they can swapped.
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