I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Ford filed a patent for a multi-use front tailgate on its upcoming Fathom electric truck, featuring a compartment capable of holding a television. The Fathom, developed at a dedicated 'skunkworks' center, is positioned as a critical product to compete with Chinese rivals. Priced just under $30k, Ford aims to sell 100,000 units in its first year.
Ford has filed for a new patent showing a multi-use tailgate on the front end of a truck, with the possibility of putting a whole television inside the tailgate. It seems likely to apply to the upcoming Fathom.
Ford has been preparing its Fathom electric truck for a few years now, even establishing a “skunkworks” development center to revolutionize its manufacturing methods. (Wetook a tour of the design studiothis May, but didn’t get to see the truck… yet).
The truck is a make or break moment for the company, as the US auto industry tries (well… sort of) to find a way to catch up with Chinese rivals that are eating its lunch internationally… and will inevitably come to the US eventually.
We’re finally getting more information about the truck, as t wasspied at a Tesla Supercharger. Then we learned last month that the truck wouldbe called Fathom and start just under $30k, which is the right price point for a truck that Ford wants to sell 100k of in the first year. But sightings so far have all been camouflaged.