Jim Farley described Tesla's futuristic pickup truck as "a cool high-end product parked in front of a hotel."
  • 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.
  • skulblaka@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Well, you’re right, that guy is an asshole. But he also makes a point, namely that there is no person in the world with a reason to purchase a Cybertruck other than just to jerk off Elongated Muskrat a bit more. It doesn’t do anything practical. Even someone with an F150 or a Ram 2500, while yes they do generally own a parking lot princess, it can do truck stuff in a pinch. It has a bed and a tailgate and it can haul a trailer. Cybertruck can maybe haul a trailer but it isn’t going to do anything else practical that a Ford won’t. You’ll never catch a contractor driving a Cybertruck. You will find them driving an F150.

    Point is, he’s not saying you aren’t real, he’s saying the hypothetical person that has a valid use case for a Cybertruck isn’t real. If someone is going out to buy a truck to perform work they aren’t looking at Tesla.