New Ford Ad Trolls Elon Musk And His Billionaire Friends

The Ford ad itself was designed to celebrate, among other things, the Blue Oval's 182,000 workers and how they can often be overlooked in favor of "those who want to tear things down and then fly away on their own personal spaceships when things get hard." The Ford ad included footage of a space shuttle taking off. If that's not shade thrown in the direction of Musk, owner of the aerospace company SpaceX, then we don't know what is. Ford implies that, while it is providing jobs for Americans and building cars, others are spending obscene amounts of money setting off into space.

A Ford spokesperson encouraged viewers not to read too much into the space race references in the ad. "The goal of the ad campaign is to celebrate all workers, beginning with Ford, which employs more hourly workers in the United States and assembles more vehicles in America than any other automaker," said the spokesperson, according to商业内幕.

Besides the battles fought on the road with cars like the Tesla Model Y andFord Mustang Mach-E, the two automotive giants have been relentlessly compared, be it forcharging stations that look the sameor for their driver-assistance tech. All that being said, Ford CEO Jim Farley has previouslyexpressed his respect for Tesla and Musk. As long as the world has access to affordable, safe, and enjoyable cars, we look forward to seeing this colorful rivalry intensify as Ford expands its EV range.