# Ford's Sub-$30,000 Fathom Electric Truck Will Power a Home Without a Separate Inverter When It Launches in 2027

Ford says the built-in inverter and cheaper home hardware will cut the cost of using a truck battery for backup power. The company's claims are not yet tested on the road.

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- Published: 2026-11-01
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Ford says its next electric truck will do a second job: run a house, Fox Business reports.

The truck. Ford said Tuesday that the Fathom, due in 2027 with a starting price below $30,000, can supply more than 10 kilowatts of AC power to a home without a separate wall-mounted inverter. Ford says it is the first EV from a U.S. automaker at that price to offer the feature, known as bidirectional power, which lets a vehicle battery send electricity back to a home or the grid.

Why it matters. Ford says cost has kept the technology limited to premium vehicles and early adopters because EVs have needed extra equipment to convert battery power into the kind homes use. The Fathom builds the inverter into the vehicle.

The hardware. Owners will still need Ford's Home Power Station. Ford expects it to cost about half as much as its first-generation bidirectional charger. For backup power in an outage, customers will also need Ford's home backup power panel, which Ford expects to cost at least 60% less than its first-generation system. With the station, owners could charge the truck when electricity is cheap and use the battery to power the house when it is expensive.

Where it is built. The Fathom is the first vehicle on Ford's Universal EV Platform and will be assembled at the Louisville Assembly Plant, which is undergoing a $2 billion overhaul. Ford developed the system after buying the startup Auto Motive Power in 2023. It formed a working group with five major utilities in July to define how these vehicles connect to the grid, and says utilities and regulators will need to make that easier.

Note for readers: the price, power rating and cost savings are Ford's own figures for a vehicle that has not launched. Fox Business notes that Ford's earlier all-electric F-150 Lightning, which offered home power, ended production in 2025.

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Original reporting: [Fox Business](https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/fords-new-electric-truck-has-second-job-could-save-owners-money)