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Ford Fathom will be the cheapest American EV capable of powering a house | TechCrunch
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Ford Fathom will be the cheapest American EV capable of powering a house | TechCrunch

TechCrunch·Tim De Chant·about 7 hours ago
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Ford announced two new EV chargers today that will allow its forthcoming Fathom pickup truck to serve as a battery capable of delivering power to the home or grid.

The new chargers promise to be about half the cost of Ford’s existing equivalent products , which could make the technology available to more households. Ford said the Fathom itself will start at $28,350.

The Fathom will be capable of delivering “over 10 kW” to a home, Ford said. That would allow the electric vehicle to substitute for a small standby generator. For most U.S. homes, it wouldn’t be enough to power everything, but it could keep a refrigerator and air conditioner operational for about half a day.

Such capability has been touted as an advantage EVs have over fossil fuel vehicles, but not many EVs come properly equipped, and the chargers required to make use of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services tend to be costly.

Ford’s two devices offer similar but differing capabilities.

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