Ford Unveils New, Affordable Electric Truck, the Fathom
Home > Electric Vehicles Ford Unveils New, Affordable Electric Truck, the Fathom The Fathom starts at under $30,000 and will be the first vehicle made by Ford's new Universal Electric Vehicle platform. Corin Cesaric-Epple Editor Corin Cesaric-Epple is an Editor at CNET covering home and kitchen tech and meal kits, and reporting regularly on artificial intelligence.… Read full bio Corin Cesaric-Epple Editor Read full bio August 6, 2026, 3:39 pm ET 1 min read The Ford Fathom will be available for preorder in 2027. Ford Ford on Thursday unveiled both the name and starting price of its upcoming electric truck.
- ▪Home > Electric Vehicles Ford Unveils New, Affordable Electric Truck, the Fathom The Fathom starts at under $30,000 and will be the first vehicle made by Ford's new Universal Electric Vehicle platform.
- ▪Corin Cesaric-Epple Editor Corin Cesaric-Epple is an Editor at CNET covering home and kitchen tech and meal kits, and reporting regularly on artificial intelligence.… Read full bio Corin Cesaric-Epple Editor Read full bio August 6, 2026, 3:
- ▪Ford Ford on Thursday unveiled both the name and starting price of its upcoming electric truck.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 7 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Ford picks "Fathom" for its affordable truck name, starts at $28,350 — Ars Technica
- ▪ The $28,350 Fathom is Ford's first midsize electric truck — Engadget
- ▪ Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom’, starts at $28,350 — TechCrunch
- ▪ Ford’s first ultra-cheap EV is called Fathom, a full-featured truck for $28,350 — The Verge
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Home > Electric Vehicles Ford Unveils New, Affordable Electric Truck, the Fathom The Fathom starts at under $30,000 and will be the first vehicle made by Ford's new Universal Electric Vehicle platform. Corin Cesaric-Epple Editor Corin Cesaric-Epple is an Editor at CNET covering home and kitchen tech and meal kits, and reporting regularly on artificial intelligence.… Read full bio Corin Cesaric-Epple Editor Read full bio August 6, 2026, 3:39 pm ET 1 min read The Ford Fathom will be available for preorder in 2027. Ford Ford on Thursday unveiled both the name and starting price of its upcoming electric truck. The Ford Fathom will start at just under $30,000, making it one of the most affordable electric pickup trucks coming to the US market.
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