Ford CEO Denounces Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck as Car for ‘Silicon Valley People’
‘It’s a car for Silicon Valley people’: Ford CEO Jim Farley lashes out at Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck, claiming the F-150 Lightning is for ‘real people doing real work’
- Ford CEO has dismissed Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck as a car for ‘Silicon Valley people’, boasting that his company’s electric F-150 was built for ‘real people’
- Jim Farley insists his company makes “trucks for real people doing real work” and said Musk’s vehicle is a “different kind of truck”
- Despite Farley’s comments, Ford has ‘not really hesitated’ to partner with Tesla to allow the company’s EV drivers to use Tesla’s 12,000 Superchargers
Ford’s CEO has dismissed Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck as a car for “Silicon Valley people,” boasting that his company’s electric F-150 was built for “real people doing real work.”
Jim Farley told MSNBC that Ford knows its “customers like no other” and is the “underdog” of electric vehicles.
“The reality is that America loves an underdog — and we are the market leader in electric trucks and vans,” he told the outlet. ‘If [Musk] wants to design a Cybertruck for people from Silicon Valley, fine.’
Musk, 51, debuted the Cybertruck at the Tesla Design Studio in Los Angeles in November 2021 and is expected to hit the road by the end of this year. Twitter’s CEO praises that vehicle as “more usable than a truck with more performance than a sports car.”
Jim Farley told MSNBC that Ford knows its “customers like no other” and is the “underdog” of electric vehicles. “The reality is that America loves an underdog — and we are the market leader in electric trucks and vans,” he told the outlet. ‘If [Musk] wants to design a Cybertruck for people from Silicon Valley, fine’
The 51-year-old Musk debuted the Cybertruck in November 2021 at the Tesla Design Studio in Los Angeles. The Twitter CEO calls that vehicle “more usable than a truck with more performance than a sports car”
In 2019, Musk also shared a video on Twitter of a Cybertruck easily towing an F-150 uphill.
Despite competition in the EV market between the companies, Farley insisted his company “makes trucks for real people doing real work” and said Musk’s vehicle is a “different kind of truck.”
“That’s not how I make trucks,” Farley said of the Cybertruck. “It’s like a cool high-end product parked in front of a hotel.”
Cybertrucks sell for $60,000 to $70,000, while the F-150 Lightning costs $59,974 to $98,074.
In 2019, Musk also shared a video on Twitter of a Cybertruck easily towing an F-150 uphill.
Despite competition in the EV market between the companies, Farley insists his company makes “trucks for real people doing real work” and said Musk’s vehicle is a “different kind of truck.”
Although the F-150 Lightning is already on sale, unlike the Cybertruck, it has not delivered the expected sales. It sold more than 4,000 trucks in the first quarter, which is about 2,000 fewer vehicles than expected, according to the New York Post.
The petrol version of the F-150 sold 170,000 units in the same quarter.
Despite Farley’s comments, however, Ford “didn’t really hesitate” to partner with Tesla so that the company’s EV drivers could use Telsa’s 12,000 Superchargers to recharge their vehicles on the road. The partnership will start in 2024.
Ford drivers currently use Blue Oval loaders, of which there are 84,000 in the US.
Musk has not spoken publicly about Farley’s comment.