Built Differently, From the Platform Up
The Fathom™ isn’t a gas truck converted to electric. It is the first product of Ford’s Universal Electric Vehicle Platform, developed by a dedicated Ford team at its Electric Vehicle Development Center in Long Beach, California. Ford designed the platform to cut cost and complexity while keeping the features people want. The truck uses lithium iron phosphate (LFP) prismatic battery cells from Ford’s BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a battery chemistry known for durability and lower cost.
Ford is also keeping things simple at the plug. The Fathom™ will use the NACS charging port, the North American Charging Standard that is quickly becoming common at public fast-charging stations across the country. For Great Falls drivers heading out on longer trips, that means broader access to charging along the routes Montanans actually drive.
Ford’s engineers have been putting Fathom™ prototypes through their paces, from hot-weather testing in the Nevada desert to driving in the snow. Ford is sharing behind-the-scenes videos of that work on its Fathom™ page, including a look at seat design, prototype fabrication and cold-weather driving. It is encouraging to see a new electric truck being tested in the kind of conditions Montana drivers deal with every winter.
Some details are still to come. Ford has not yet released projected EPA-estimated driving range figures, payload, towing or a full trim lineup for the Fathom™. As Ford shares those details ahead of preorders, Bison Ford will pass them along to everyone on our reservation list first. That is one more reason to fill out the form below today.