Ford released a video of its all-electric F-150 truck prototypes towing roughly 4x more than the 300,000 pounds Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted his company’s pickup would be capable of towing.
is an uncommon practice for Ford, which traditionally wouldn't publicize much, if anything, about a vehicle that remains years away from production. It shows the importance Ford has on retaining its sales leadership with the F-Series, even for all-electric trucks, according to Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at by moCox Automotive.
Ford on Tuesday released a video of an all-electric F-150 prototype truck towing 1.25 million pounds of double-decker rail cars carrying 42 Ford pickups.Ford's overall business heavily depends on its F-Series truck, which has been the America's bestselling truck for 42 years and the country's bestselling vehicle for 37 years. Ford sold more than 1 million F-Series trucks globally in 2018, averaging a sale every 29.3 seconds.
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