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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 capa...

Ford’s sub-$30K electric truck puts the home backup inverter right inside the vehicle
Image: The Verge

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, whi …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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