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Ford CEO says Tesla's Cybertruck is only for 'Silicon Valley people' and he's not threatened by it: 'I make trucks for real people who do real work' (www.businessinsider.com)

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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.

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[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I penciled out a business plan to use the lightning to run pallets and recyclable materials from several businesses to a nearby recycler, as a side gig. If the truck weren't so dang expensive it would work. I could even run a small commercial cardboard baler off the truck.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

even the gas versions, the Dodge ProMaster, Ford Transits and Nissan NV's outperform. their fuel efficient, they have lower-to-the-ground beds allowing less lifting to get stuff in the bed size is larger- and lockable. and they cost less than their pick up counter parts

hell, I know a guy that delver's pallets of printed...things... in a prius, and would sniff at a pickup.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing that would make it work for me is free charging at work, which would also be one of the customers whose junk I'd be disposing. $0 fuel costs.

But the cost of the truck is just too much

[–] SoManyChoices@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you could get through a day without needing to use a fast charger, it might still work. Overnight charging on a slow level 2 is cheap. Needing to do a 20 minute top-up at a fast charger gets expensive in a hurry.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's got a 300+ mile range, which is more than enough for me, even hauling. I don't commute super long distances.