INTERNATIONAL - Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk plainly says his pickup is a “better truck than an F-150.” Ford Motor Co. is taking issue with that claim.
While releasing a series of specs last week for Cybertruck, which is scheduled to start deliveries as soon as late 2021, Musk called up a video of the pickup in a tug-of-war against Ford’s best-selling F-150.
He tweeted a clip of the test on Sunday showing his vehicle pulling a screeching Ford model up a hill.
Cybertruck pulls F-150 uphill pic.twitter.com/OfaqUkrDI3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2019
Ford thinks Musk was making an apples-to-oranges comparison.
The video the Tesla chief executive officer tweeted appears to show a two-wheel drive version of the F-150 against an all-wheel drive Cybertruck.
Other details that could have factored in which pickup won out include curb weight and tire type.
While releasing a series of specs last week for Cybertruck, which is scheduled to start deliveries as soon as late 2021, Musk called up a video of the pickup in a tug-of-war against Ford’s best-selling F-150.
Sundeep Madra, vice president of Ford X, the automaker’s unit for developing new business models, challenged Musk on Monday to send Ford a Cybertruck.
He linked to a post by the car-enthusiast site motor1.com that questioned whether Tesla’s test was “fair game.”
%%%twitter https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusksend us a cybertruck and we will do the apples to apples test for you 😉😉😉 https://t.co/H3v6dCZeV5
— sunny madra (@sundeep)
Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk plainly says his pickup is a “better truck than an F-150.” Ford Motor Co. is taking issue with that claim.
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