Ford’s sub-$30K electric truck puts the home backup inverter right inside the vehicle
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-t0-home (V2H) or vehicle-to-load (V2L) capabilities charging, 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...
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