Cybertruck pulls F-150 uphill

During the presentation of the Tesla Cybertruck last week, the Californian company displayed a video with the electric pickup in a tug of war with a Ford F-150. The short clip showed a comfortable win for the futuristic EV truck against what is currently the best-selling vehicle in the United States. But was this a fair game?

A higher-quality version of the same video (see above) was released by Elon Musk on Twitter and it allows us to take a deeper look at what happened. As far as we can tell, this is at least a mid-range Cybertruck with a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive setup, which has a starting price of $49,900 as announced during the reveal. Against it appears to be a F-150 in STX trim, judging by the grille, door handles, and wheels, which had a price of $30,000 for a regular cab XL in 2018.

From the video, it’s obvious that the F-150 is spinning just its rear wheels and one can assume this is a rear-wheel-drive model. We can’t identify the powertrain under the hood but if it's indeed an RWD model, this leaves the 325-hp 2.7-liter EcoBoost as the most logical option. Then there’s the weight – our educated guess is that the Cybertruck is some 1,000-1,500 pounds (450-680 kilograms) heavier but this is just an assumption as we don't have exact and official details.

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