Tesla CEO, Elon Musk Wants His Company to Produce an F-150 Competitor

From recent online surveys we’ve conducted regarding your yearning for an F-150 diesel, it would appear you are craving efficiency. Tesla Motors hopes to woo you about five years from now with the introduction of an electric half-ton pickup truck that would compete directly with the Ford F-150.

“If you’re trying to replace the most gasoline miles driven, you have to look at what people are buying. That’s the best-selling car in America,” Musk said about the Ford F-150, which has sold 560,000 units this year through September. “If people are voting that’s their car, then that’s the car we have to deliver,” Musk said.

The 42-year-old Tesla CEO envisions an electric pickup truck that can perform like a sports car, but can also tow and carry more than a comparable gasoline or diesel-powered truck. For you F-150 efficiency cravers, Tesla is looking to pounce on you like a lion having supper on the Serengeti. In this case, you might like being the supper because it looks like Tesla has a lot to offer future truck buyers. If Tesla’s F-150 rival is nearly as good as the Model S, Tesla will have a winner on its hands.

via [autoevolution and CNNMoney]