Can You Power an Entire House With a 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid?
Yep, this really works.
The 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid has an onboard generator that produces 7.2 kilowatts of power.
That's enough to power your house in a pinch.
How do we know? Because we tried it.
Where I live, power outages are a frequent fact of life. Lots of trees coexist with rickety above-ground power lines, until the moment they don't.
A few years ago, during Hurricane Florence, we lost power for four days. Fortunately, I bought a little Honda EU2200i generator ahead of the storm. It was enough to power up the essentials. But even with that, I had to choose what to run, and when.
If I'd had a 2021 F-150 Hybrid in the driveway, it would have been a different story. Because, given the right extension cords and power strips, the F-150 Hybrid can power your house.
The PowerBoost drivetrain is cool on its own — with 430 horsepower and 570 pound-feet of torque, it's the quickest non-Raptor-engine F-150 we've ever tested, while improving fuel economy by 20 percent — but the onboard generator is the intriguing option. Dubbed Pro Power Onboard, it's available in several different outputs, from 2.0 kilowatts (with the 2.7-liter V-6 and 5.0 V-8) up to a maximum of 7.2 kilowatts with the twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6. And that latter number is enough to run your whole damn house.
(photo credit: Car and Driver)
