Tesla is at it once more, trolling a few of the best-selling pickup vehicles in America. After placing a Cybertruck prototype on the street with a Ford F-150-style wrap, the Austin-based EV maker has now switched issues up and changed the grey stickers with a brand new set that kind of makes the upcoming angular zero-emissions truck appear like a Toyota Tundra.
The inexperienced machine was noticed by the Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board person ModelAZ, who shared two quick movies of the encounter, and by the seems of it, the rolling trolling pickup appears to be the identical unit that was beforehand noticed with an F-150 wrap, seeing how the license plate is identical.
Clearly, Tesla isn’t fooling anybody as a result of there’s no different car on the market that appears just like the Cybertruck, so perhaps it’s only a enjoyable jab on the Japanese automaker which has been reluctant through the years to speed up the manufacturing of EVs, however which has not too long ago introduced plans to show issues round and launch extra battery-powered autos than ever.
It might even be a kind of bizarre, Elon Musk approach of claiming thanks, contemplating Toyota purchased a 3 % stake in Tesla again in 2010, giving the then-up-and-coming EV maker a wholesome inflow of $50 million, permitting it to purchase part of the outdated NUMMI manufacturing facility which later turned the Fremont Gigafactory.
Toyota offered off its whole stake in Tesla by the tip of 2016, however by then manufacturing of each the Mannequin S and Mannequin X was already in full swing, and the cheaper Mannequin 3 was in improvement.
Now, the tides have turned and Toyota is taking a look at Tesla for engineering and manufacturing prowess, saying it’s going to undertake giga casting strategies for its next-generation EVs, just like these utilized by the Austin-based producer.
Tesla Cybertruck with Toyota Tundra-style wrap (Supply: Cybertruck House owners Membership discussion board)
Final yr, Ford delivered over 650,000 items of its F-Sequence, securing the primary spot on the best-selling vehicles checklist for the forty sixth consecutive yr, whereas the Toyota Tundra got here in sixth place, with over 100,000 items delivered.
However with a reported 1.9 million pre-orders, the soon-to-be-delivered Tesla Cybertruck would possibly dethrone Ford’s pickup line after virtually half a century, however solely time will inform.
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