• Ford’s CEO said Tesla’s Cybertruck is for “Silicon Valley people” not “real people who do real work.”
  • Jim Farley said Tesla’s pickup truck won’t compete with the F-150 Lightning.
  • Tesla is expected to release the EV pickup later this year, but it’s been delayed several times.
  • admiralteal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I sure hope any of these inexpensive minitruck brands, especially all-electric ones, crack into the US market at some point.

    Such ridiculousness, the arms race of ever-bigger “light” trucks that have double cabs and short beds. I cannot understand why any tradie would get a pickup over a van with a roof rack.

    • usualsuspect191
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      1 year ago

      “Tradie” here with a crew cab and short box. Tools go in the cab (more secure, out of the elements) and need a truck box for all the messy/gross things I haul on the daily