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Wednesday 28 October 2026

Ford Fathom ute can power a house with no wall inverter

Ford says its US$28,350 Fathom ute will send a projected 10 kW or more to a home with no wall inverter, and its charger should cost about half as much.

Arden Lux Wednesday 28 October 2026, open calendar6 min read

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Ford's cheap electric ute is going to double as a home battery. The company says the Fathom, due in the US next year from US$28,350, will push a projected 10 kilowatts or more into a house without the bulky wall inverter that made this kind of setup so expensive.

A Ford plant in Kentucky, lit up at night — File photo of a Ford plant in Kentucky, 2013. Photo: Smokeyrunbandit / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), cropped

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