Tied the Knot: Ford F-150's on-board generator rescues Michigan wedding

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When engineers at Ford developed the Pro Power Onboard generator system, they surely imagined umpteen different ways the technology could be used to bring electricity to tools and items out in the field. If providing juice to a wedding celebration was on that list, they can now check that one off as well.

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A couple in Michigan got hitched last weekend but suffered a power outage at their reception thanks to a string of thunderstorms. When the lights (and presumably, the music) went out at around 10:00 pm, two of their friends – who just happened to be employees at Ford – sprung into action with their Pro Power-equipped F-150 pickups.

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According to local media reports – and a Tweet by the CEO of Ford himself – equipment and lighting were connected to the Pro Power outlets in the truck beds and the party carried on, powered solely by Blue Oval pickups. Of course, there are plenty of online trolls suggesting the whole thing was a staged stunt, but we’ll recall events in Texas where similar quick-thinking truck owners used their F-150s to power items in their home during a blackout.

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For those unfamiliar, the F-150 is now available with an onboard generator, complete with outlets in the bed featuring dedicated circuits and switches in case something goes awry. The most stout of these are found on hybrid-powered variants of the truck using the PowerBoost engine; Ford says that onboard generator is rated at 7.2 kW, which is a sum far more than many portable household generators.

Programming was developed so the gasoline engine can fire up on its own – even without a key in the ignition – to replenish the truck’s hybrid battery pack as it gets depleted. In other words, utilizing a Pro Power Onboard system in a closed environment isn’t a good idea, but snaking long extension cords to a truck outside should safely do the trick.