TIL: Vehicle to Load can be done with an external device so long as the car can do DC fast charge
I was Today years old when I learned that V2L "adapters" exist.
Now that I think about it, it's genius and obvious.
You really should watch the linked video (mike is awesome; if you like electronics, you'll love his channel!) but the TL;DW:
- Normal low-power charge uses the mains electricity, converts it to DC on the car and pushes that into the battery at a pretty slow rate.
- When an EV does DC Fast Charge it's telling the charger what the battery pack is capable of and then directly switching the battery pack in circuit and letting the charger send it.
So - if you can trick the car into thinking it's exposed to a DC/Fast Charger - you can get the car to give you direct access to the battery*. Then just pipe that into an inverter to get regular / useful AC power back out.
* Unless the car has some additional protections in place (TBD w/ slate, hopefully not because that would just be $$).
This is similar in concept to v2g (vehicle to grid) but at a smaller scale.
I still have not found an authoritative source on weather or not the truck will come with v2l capabilities or if it'll even be available as an accessory so it's good to know that you can get an adapter!