# Ford's $28,000 truck can back up your house

> Ford's Fathom electric pickup will power homes during blackouts, but the full cost and where it actually works remain unclear.
- Title: Ford's $28,000 truck can back up your house · Fortune
- Summary: Ford's Fathom electric pickup will power homes during blackouts, but the full cost and where it actually works remain unclear. Ford's Fathom electric truck…
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- Source: Fortune — https://fortune.com/2026/10/27/ford-fathom-home-backup-power-cost
- Author: Nick Lichtenberg
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: ford, fathom, electric truck, home backup power, vehicle to grid, ev charging
## Ford's new truck powers homes
Ford announced Tuesday that its Fathom electric pickup, priced at twenty eight thousand three hundred fifty dollars and due in twenty twenty-seven, can send more than ten kilowatts of power into a home during blackouts.
## The backup hardware costs roughly two thousand
Ford won't confirm exact prices but says backup hardware will cost about sixty percent less than its first-generation version.
## Installation costs could double the price
These estimates exclude installation and electrical panel upgrades. On the F-150 Lightning, Sunrun quoted customers about eight thousand nine hundred to nine thousand four hundred dollars all in, meaning several thousand went to labor and…
## Ford sees it as a sales tool
Ford stopped building the F-150 Lightning in December twenty twenty-five and has lost about thirteen billion dollars on electric vehicles since twenty twenty-three.
## Grid rules limit where it works
The setup only saves money where utilities let you sell power back to the grid.

> Right now, we are focused on making sure the rules and regulations are in place to support this technology in the first place.
## California offers incentives but timing unclear
Pacific Gas and Electric offers eligible customers two thousand five hundred dollars upfront, or three thousand in disadvantaged communities, plus an extra fifteen hundred for the first two hundred fifty enrollees.
## Key takeaway

Ford's Fathom electric truck can send power to homes during blackouts, with estimated hardware costs around two thousand eighty dollars, but grid rules limiting where this works remain a barrier.