By no means has a comparability between two autos in the identical section felt so incongruous. The Cybertruck is so completely completely different from another electrical pickup that evaluating it to 1 feels virtually pointless. For higher or worse, the Tesla rewrites the rulebook for pickups in design and efficiency.
However it is a comparability, so to assist us alongside, we’ll have a look at some figures. The most cost effective RWD Cybertruck mannequin will solely arrive in 2025 at a worth of $60,990. By then, the bottom Ford F-150 Lightning will possible value greater than its present MSRP of $49,990.
The twin-motor AWD Cybertruck prices $79,990, and the tri-motor Cyberbeast prices $99,990. You will get the extra highly effective Lightning with the prolonged vary battery for round $70k, however Ford has no reply to the highly effective Cyberbeast, even should you spend over $90k on the Lightning Platinum.
As issues stand now, the F-150 Lightning gives extra worth at a cheaper price level and extra user-friendly controls. However these keen to dwell with the Tesla’s new-age tech and all the eye can be driving one thing far more thrilling. The Tesla can be faster, has extra vary, can tow extra, and has the next payload. Early stories counsel the steer-by-wire system makes the Tesla really feel far nimbler than different pickups, so sure, the Cybertruck is not all flash and no substance.
We will not make a definitive alternative till we drive the Tesla, however we suspect all different electrical pickups have their work minimize out for them, together with the F-150 Lightning.
