There is no repairability.  I suspect Ford is trying to sooth the nerves of the insurance companies.  The Fathom will be something of a 'throw-away' vehicle, its low purchase price coupled with gigacasting construction will likely mean a high percentage of Fathoms involved in moderate accidents will end up 'totalled'.  But, the low purchase price is made possible by the gigacastings, so it's probably a good tradeoff.  Comprehensive insurance premiums will likely be higher than a Maverick for instance, but after the Fathom is a few years old and paid off most owners will probably drop comprehensive coverage anyway. 

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/28/china-car-exports.html

These castings are awesome. I was worried about repairability, but it's great to see that Ford took that into consideration and baked it into their designs. 

Am I stroking out? I feel like I've been looking at this exact spec of a police mach-e for like 5 years. 

https://electrek.co/2026/10/28/ford-fathom-5000-unicastings-tesla-giga-press/

But that's on purpose and very smart because they're learning a lot on Fathom that will probably change how they do things on the other vehicles.  It also allows them to focus all resources on Fathom to get it out the door.

I'm still pretty shocked that the 3.5 PowerBoost setup isn't available in the Transit. Seems like having the big Pro Power setup on those would be a contractor's dream rig.

I'll venture to guess it was the late 1970/early 1980s. I think they had them when I went to the Edison plant (they where still making Pintos at the time) in the very early 1980s (before 1982) and they where def there in the mid 1980s with the Escort.   The first robotic welder was used by GM in 1961    

Great video. Next time I'm in Detroit, I really need to take the tour. Do any historians know, when did manufacturers start using robot welders and robot painters? 

It sounds like a nice setup but expensive. I am guessing that the Fathom will have PPO as an option. It probably will use the same inverter as described in these articles.    A much less expensive solution would be the Ford/Generlink transfer switch setup for PPO. The only downside to that is you have to manually plug it in as compared to this automated system. But how often does the grid go down? The automated system is not worth the extra cost for me.