Ford CEO Calls Out Elon Musk And The Tesla Cybertruck

"We are really on a mission at Ford to lead an electric and digital revolution for many, not few," CEO Farley said. "And I have to say the shining light for us at Ford is this beautiful Lightning made right down the road in Dearborn, right here in the state of Michigan, already the leader of all EV pickup trucks in our industry in the United States...take that Elon Musk," Farley needlessly added in the midst of applause.

Musk, who will never back down from a Twitter fight, responded with a low-key statement, tweeting simply "thanks, but I already have one."

Musk is likely referring to the Cybertruck as several pre-production versions have been seen driving around Gigafactories. Considering Musk just reassured the2023 deadline on Twitterand also claimed theCybertruck will now cost more, Tesla has to be making major progress towards production.

一个lternatively, Musk might have a few Ford F-150 Lightning trucks at Tesla facilities in which to benchmark the Cybertruck.

So instead of this being a Twitter 'shots fired' moment where there will be escalation on social media, these CEOs have respect for each other. Tesla respects the fact that Ford has decades of proven truck durability and reliability, while Ford is certainly in awe of how a young company like Tesla has so much EV market share. But facts are facts, the Lightning is available to buy now and is so desirable it has100% dealer markupsand Cybertruck owners have even skipped their deposit to buy one. Your move Elon.