Found this quite weathered cup in my shop cleaning up over the weekend, pretty sure I've had it since high school. Guess old becomes new... 

Northern Michigan experienced a devastating ice storm back in late March.  We had no power for nine days, friends were out for more two weeks.  Downtown was literally shut down, with just a hospital and two gas stations open (they were on generators).  Our Tesla Supercharger and Electrify America stations were out of action for several days.  If you had a Tesla or any EV, you were out of luck.  But you had no problem filling up the tank of your ICE vehicle, though you may have had to wait in line for 30 minutes (shades of the gas crisis of the '70's).  While this ice storm was a one-in-a-hundred year event, it further soured me on owning a EV, at least for now).  

Most new gas stations use three-phase power just like fast chargers do.    My basic research on this subject after that hurricane last year found that even in the most hard-hit areas of North Carolina there were Tesla chargers and other fast chargers still available. Less than 10 mi from major outages. I think the point is there is no certainty of when or where. Power will be restored but having abundant EV fast chargers reduces the risk that you won't be able to find a place to charge. Even then you can still find a to a level two or 240 volt outlet, to charge your vehicle in a pinch. 

Basically emulating a PHEV with PPOB but noisier.

As akirby said, it’s a completely different level of power requirement.  Also to consider is that gas stations are crucial so that first responders and their equipment can function, and also critical personnel can get to hospitals, clinics, shelters, etc..  During severe outages most people shelter in place and hunker down, so don’t drive much anyway unless they have an alternate place to go.  One of my biggest concerns with electrification has been the issue of widespread power outages.  When nearly 100% of vehicles run on electricity, how are truly critical needs going to be met during long-term outages?  As of right now we don’t have a way to cope with such widespread demand if all vehicles were BEV.   For what it is worth, people died from heat, so city of Houston made plans for portable generators to power air conditioners in emergency shelters.  That requires much less power than EV chargers and is likely considered a much higher priority by most people.   One thing we can certainly do if we have an EV that can power the house is to charge it with a generator.  Essentially use the car’s battery to store generator energy for use at slower rates around the clock without having to run generator 24-7.  Depending on conditions that could save a lot of fuel and therefore extend run time.

Rear traffic alert along with the back up camera works fine for me. Never had a vehicle with the braking too.

Absolutely.  👍    During the week-long outage last year I was often bored so tracked my power usage closely for future equipment planning, and was surprised that I could power my lights, fridge, alarm, internet, large TV, and one overhead fan with between 200 and 500 Watts.  Unfortunately my 2200/1800 Watt inverter generator is not very efficient at those low loads, but even so used little gas except at night when I powered a 5,000 BTU/hour window air conditioner.  During the day the generator’s engine was near idle, only speeding up when I ran a microwave or coffee maker for a few minutes at a time.  Total energy usage was not that high.  I mention this only because a hybrid charging system is ideal for these kinds of loads.  It’s far more efficient to use an engine-driven generator at efficient power level while charging the battery bank (or PHEV’s battery) over a short period of time and then power low wattage loads from battery over longer periods.  Plus a PHEV would be much quieter except an hour or two a day.   Operation would be nearly identical to what campers have been doing over last few years since lithium batteries became cheap, provided air conditioning is not needed.  RVers run the generator for an hour or so to charge house batteries enough to then power miscellaneous low-power loads during the day or at night.  Many campgrounds allow 1 hour of generator use in morning and one hour in evening so large battery bank is not needed anyway.   The Ford Transit Custom PHEV and Ranger PHEV both have just over 10 kWh batteries IIRC which means that I could power my house’s critical needs easily for an entire day without having to charge.  And the great news is that a PHEV can self charge very quickly so it would only need to run minutes a day, not hours like a generator.  I would guess needing less than a gallon or two of gas a day, well within fuel capacity of a PHEV even if over a week or so.  

Looks pretty similar to the explorer although it’s probably a bit smaller.

Small difference between restoring a gas station and charger station after a hurricane.  Fuel can be trucked in and pumped with small generators.  But it might take a week or two to restore electrical lines even if it’s a priority.  In South Ga after the last Hurricane it took over a month to restore all electrical service.

Because Ford has never fully committed to Lincoln from a resource standpoint.  Everything is done on the barest budget possible with shared platforms and factory space.  Now they did commit to unique sheet metal and interiors a decade ago and the vehicles themselves are great now but it’s just not high on the list of priorities.  Part of it is due to BEV investments (some of which were complete wastes) but the success and profitability of F series and Ford Pro demands the lions share of investment.