Ford’s $28,000 electric truck can power your house. Here’s roughly what that will cost
Source: Fortune ·
Ford won’t put a price on the home gear. Its own percentages, set against what the F-150 Lightning setup cost, put whole-home backup at about $3,600.
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Ford says its $28,350 Fathom pickup will be able to run your house in a blackout. It won’t say what that costs. Ford’s own math gets you most of the way there anyway. In a post published Tuesday, Ford said the Fathom, its midsize electric truck due in 2027, can send more than 10 kilowatts of power into a home without a separate wall-mounted inverter. That inverter was the expensive part of the setup on the F-150 Lightning. Asked for prices, a Ford spokesperson said the company isn’t sharing exact numbers yet, but gave percentages against its first-generation hardware instead. The backup setup will cost about 60% less than the first-gen version. The everyday setup, which Ford calls home power management and which uses the truck to cut your bill while the grid is up, will cost about half as much as the first-gen charger. Neither figure includes installation. The first-gen prices are public. The Charge Station Pro was $1,310, and with the Home Integration System needed for backup the…