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while I don't see me buying one of these, its the most interesting auto feature I've seen in a very long time. I don't want backup power for when the grid fails, I want primary power for a small cabin I'm building far from available grid power. (I can get grid power run to my land, but it would cost me way more than this Ford to run the lines.)

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The Hybrid F-150 with the generator option may be a much better option in that situation. A spare can could prevent you from running out of power and ending up stranded. Or you could drive out to quickly refuel.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a35152752/powered-hous...

I'm interested in an EV for similar reasons but I also live in a remote mountain area where batteries, generators, and even propane tanks grow legs.

So the fact that my entire off grid battery system would travel with me when I'm not at home is a huge benefit.

You could probably get a gas powered generator and use it all your life for that usage while still polluting less than if you bought a whole ass 3 tonne car

A 1 ton gas car is going to pollute far far more than a 3 ton EV charged from the average American electricity mix, and that mix is not particularly clean, even.

Personally, I’d prefer not to have a generator nearby. Storing fuel, noise, exhaust—all things I’d prefer to avoid. And as I said, this is not the vehicle that will solve the problem for me, since nobody yet makes an EV that would work for my usage, but when they do make he EV I want, this will be the primary feature I want. I was planning to setup solar at the location to charge a small battery for an hour or so of power a day if I spend a week at the location, I can plug the truck into the solar to trickle charge during the day.

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