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Ford’s sub-$30K electric truck puts the home backup inverter right inside the vehicle
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Ford’s upcoming electric truck integrates an onboard inverter to dramatically slash the cost, hardware, and utility red tape of home backup power.
Ford’s upcoming electric truck integrates an onboard inverter to dramatically slash the cost, hardware, and utility red tape of home backup power.
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We’re still a few months away from the official reveal of the Ford Fathom, the automaker’s first next-generation electric vehicle. While we wait, Ford has been whetting our appetite with news about the sub-$30,000 pickup — including today’s announcement about the Fathom’s bidirectional charging capabilities.
With an increasing number of EVs coming out with bidirectional vehicle-to-home (V2H) or vehicle-to-load (V2L) charging capabilities, Ford is trying to position the Fathom as a key entrant — and one that simplifies the system by making it an everyday reality rather than a $10,000 luxury perk. Unlike the discontinued F-150 Lightning, which required a massive, expensive external DC-to-AC wall inverter, the Fathom packs the inverter directly into its onboard “E-box” to pump out over 10 kW of AC power natively.
The Fathom’s built-in inverter converts its battery power into standard household electricity to run appliances, back up a home during an outage, or feed energy back into the grid.