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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by Gigachad on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:10AM (#31569071)
Grid failures are usually very short. If paid well, most people would be fine to use their batteries to smooth out a 10 minute failure while backup generation is turning on.
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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by kylecordes on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:18AM (#31569133)
Where I live in the Midwest, power failures are very rare. When they happen it is usually amid a major thunderstorm or snowstorm, affecting thousands of customers, with obvious obstacles to getting crews out to fix things. Power goes out... it might last 8 minutes, it might last 8 hours, it might last days.

At that moment, backup power (obtained at considerable expense) is precious. The utility may have to pay far beyond "well" to buy it.

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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by chrisco255 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:35AM (#31569288)
It's not short in a hurricane zone. Weeks of no power after a strong hit is fairly common.
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