Tesla's 48 volt battery is small. I expect it would also be small in the Fathom.
Cybertruck's "Low Voltage Battery"
-13S1P
-4AH (166.4Wh)
-41.6v Nominal Voltage
Each of the 13 cells in there are about 3.2vdc
Six employees from Louisville Assembly Plant and BlueOval Battery Park Michigan were invited to see the future of electric vehicle production and the first vehicle from the new Ford Universal EV Platform.
The good news first:
The not so good news:
Hopefully Ford will cover the 48 volt battery for 10 years like they do with the drivetrain of the Maverick Hybrid for the Fathom.
I believe ER Battery and AWD will be the only factory options (along with paint color) that will be offered as the base Fathom is already pretty loaded.
There may be some dealer installed products also available.
I like ER and AWD at $5,000 additional cost mentioned above.
If the Mav was that length I would not have owned one as it would not fit in my garage.
My old 1998 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab at 203.6" in length barely fit in my garage.
For those who are quoting the ER battery at $5,000. That is at the highest end of the range.
My guesstimate is $2,500.
The reason is this:
and this:
The weight of either pack is around the same (990 lbs for LFP vs 925 for NMC).
The NMC pack should produce 20 kWh more than the LFP pack...
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Tim's Impressions from Dealer Meeting on the Fathom
Tim: Saw inside it (bigger than a Maverick)
Not sure if he was referencing the inside or overall
Lot of features included as standard
Tim: You will be very impressed at the price...
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More than one battery option SR (standard range) & ER (extended range)
Will the ER battery be $10,000 like the F-150 Lightning?
Ford Answer: NO, It will be significantly less than that
Tim: (with a look) You will be surprised (in a good...
I think your inside source is just making things up.
How the heck can the Fathom get only 200 miles range when Slate gets 205 mile range with their boxy EV truck.
The Fathom gets 50 more miles range just from Aero design improvements.
Also no way will the extended range pack be less than 300...
No way in he** will that happen.
Ford canceled the F150 Lightning EV and will introduce a replacement as a Range-Extended Hybrid.
They did not take the F150 Lightning EV and add a EREV option nor will they ever do it to the Universal EV Platform.
205 miles is for the boxy Slate not the Aero designed Fathom.
Quotes from Ford about the Fathom previously have stated around 300 miles but since they mention an extended range option I expect 250+ mile range for the Fathom base battery and 350+ mile range for the extended range option.
Also...
Charge Port location is already known.
It is at the driver side rear.
Destination Charge is also already known.
Official: Ford’s $29,945 Small EV Truck Is Called Fathom, Not Ranchero
Lots of information on Ford's EV direction and how decisions are made.
video time tags:
0:00 Intro
0:33 Host intro
1:55 Interview starts — Joanna Stern & Jim Farley
4:55 Ford Universal EV Platform
16:27 How Ford is structured to build the new platform
24:04 What is "Gemba"?
25:16...