Cybertruck pulls F-150 uphill pic.twitter.com/OfaqUkrDI3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2019
The Tesla Cybertruck made its debut with some impressive stats, citing a 0-96 km/h sprint time of 2.9 seconds in its most powerful tri-motor guise and up to 800 km of range in its most efficient versions. What about some more practical applications, such as load hauling? The American electric vehicle manufacturer says that the Cybertruck has a payload capacity of up to 1,590 kg and a towing capacity of 6,350 kg.
A live demonstration is what everyone loves to see, and so Tesla has lined up the Cybertruck back-to-back with a perennial American favourite, the Ford F-150 for a classic tug-of-war show of strength. From the video, it is unclear which powertrain version of the F-150 was employed for this demonstration, though it is apparent that only the Ford’s rear wheels were spinning up from trying to put drive to the road.
The video’s aerial viewpoint in the beginning also shows the F-150 with an empty cargo tray, which won’t be helpful in terms of rear-axle traction. This also isn’t the Raptor, so it will have been a powerplant with less than that model’s 450 hp and 691 Nm of torque. According to Ford, the most potent twin-cab (Supercrew) configuration with the 3.5 litre EcoBoost V6 engine has a rated towing capacity of 13,000 lb, or 5,902 kg.
Tesla has yet to reveal power or torque output figures for any of its three electric motor configurations it has named for the Cybertruck, though judging from the video, it made light work of pulling against the F-150. On this measure, it appears to give weight to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s assertion that the Cybertruck will outperform the F-150 “in terms of truck-like capability.” Do you agree?
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Ironman vs thanos .. winner too obvious.
Why attaching the Ford to an electric train?
Its a pinggan besi? No! Its a ufo? No! Its a mangkuk besi? No! Its a free toy car from Colgate!
In US, the F-150 is like the baby of Ford pickups. Standard version is the F-350. Obviously a very biased and just a marketing gimmick by Tesla to promote their fugly truck. C’mon Paultan! You can do better than that to fall for their gimmick.
Dude, what are you smoking man?
The F350 is called the superduty not without reason. Have you seen how large the F350 is??Even the “standard” F150 is one size larger than the Ranger.
Same goes for the drag race with the 911: Nobody talks about that after ONE run the batteries are overheated and nearly empty.
Tesla is really good in marketing gimmicks.
Elon is only piling up thrash on market.Too bad , ppl still his lies.Obviously shown on the launch venue.
Trash until the next Ranger and Hilux new model launching with press tittle ‘a Cybertruck killer’, like what we read in every new EV model launch
At the end of the day, it won’t matter. Boomers will stick to their F-whatever Fords and the upcoming generation will gravitate towards futuristic looking electric vehicles.
F-150 is the best-selling pickup truck in the US, not the F-350 which is the Ford super duty. And the Cybertruck dimensions are more similar to F-150 than F-350. And yeah, all of these trucks are probably bigger than what you drive now, Fordist.
fugly pickup…
pedestrian safety = 0 points.
but impressive power nonetheless
Comparing a rwd truck with an AWD drive one in a tug-o-war? Brilliant! There is no weight on the back of the F150 hence no traction.
I could out tug a world’s strongest man competitor if he was standing on sheet ice and I was on found with spikes.
That said, the electric truck would probably still have the advantage due to the massive torque at basically 0 rpm and with those fat tyres.