Let's just say Ford's CEO thinks Elon Musk's first pickup is very different from the F-150 Lightning.
. The executive stressed that Ford, which is the current market leader for EV trucks and vans, actually knows what consumers what, while“It’s like a cool high-end product parked in front of a hotel,” Farley said of the Cybertruck. “But I don’t make trucks like that. I make trucks for real people who do real work, and that’s a different kind ofTime will tell if Farley’s confidence is misplaced, but there’s no denying that the F-150 Lightning and Cybertruck are very different from one another.
The former is a straight battery-powered version of Ford’s best-selling vehicle, while the latter is unlike any truck—from its angular design to its promised capabilities—currently on the market. Because it is so different, it is hard to imagine the Cybertruck on a job site, but if Tesla can actually deliver an EV that can carry a 3,500-pound payload, tow up 14,000 pounds and drive 500 miles on a single charge there’s no reason it couldn’t be used to do “real work.
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