Tesla's futuristic pickup truck appears set to go head-to-head against the Ford F-150 in an "apples to apples" tug-of-war battle. The anticipated showdown, which could take place as early as next week, comes shortly after Tesla unveiled its all-electric Cybertruck. During the promotional event in Los Angeles last week, which turned into a somewhat embarrassing debut for the company's first electric pickup truck, Elon Musk showcased a promotional video of the vehicle engaging in a tug-of-war battle against a Ford F-150.

The viral video tug of war between Tesla's Cybertruck and Ford's F-150 pickup generating some buzz and some controversy.

That video released by Elon Musk just days after the truck's debut shows Tesla's vehicle pulling the Ford F-150 uphill.

This prompted a Ford executive to tweet a challenge about running and apples and apples to test.

Musk couldn't let that go, so he tweeted back, bring it on.

In the meantime, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson questioned the physics of the demonstration on Twitter, saying that if the Ford truck is in rear-wheel drive with no payload, then it would only offer mild traction for the Tesla to overcome.

He suggested Musk redo the test with a fully loaded F-150.

Musk agreed and said he would aim to do this next week.

I heard people talking before about how there was slack in that and normally when you do a pull off you would not have any slack there so there you know you don't get the running start from it in the link between the 2.

This is an incentive to get more free advertising.

For us to talk about it, that's for sure.

Would the different gravitational pull have any effect on I'm just surprised you weighed in on On whether there was something in the rear of the truck guys.

We need to be cast in Blade Runner though to get this car.

I don't know Is it Blade Runner or it's not?

no it's not like Mad Max are retrofitted old trucks that look bizarre but they don't.

He's no, it looks like it's what we said.

The fire that's a little mad like a DeLorean.


Speaker 0: The viral video tug of war between Tesla's Cybertruck and Ford's F-150 pickup generating some buzz and some controversy. That video released by Elon Musk just days after the truck's debut shows Tesla's vehicle pulling the Ford F-150 uphill. This prompted a Ford executive to tweet a challenge about running and apples and apples to test. Musk couldn't let that go, so he tweeted back, bring it on. In the meantime, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson questioned the physics of the demonstration on Twitter, saying that if the Ford truck is in rear-wheel drive with no payload, then it would only offer mild traction for the Tesla to overcome.

He suggested Musk redo the test with a fully loaded F-150. Musk agreed and said he would aim to do this next week. I heard people talking before about how there was slack in that and normally when you do a pull off you would not have any slack there so there you know you don't get the running start from it in the link between the 2.

Speaker 1: Is this an incentive to buy the vehicle?

Speaker 0: This is an incentive to get more free advertising.

Speaker 1: For us to talk about it, that's for sure. That is for sure. Yeah.

Speaker 0: Not gonna play?

Speaker 1: No, I just wondered if the grass... What if it was like... If it was like on Mars? Would the different gravitational pull have any effect on I'm just surprised you weighed in on On whether there was something in the rear of the truck guys. Do we do we need a physicist?

I don't know. We need to be cast in Blade Runner though to get this car. I don't know Is it Blade Runner or it's not?

Speaker 0: Mad Max

Speaker 1: no it's not like Mad Max are retrofitted old trucks that look bizarre but they don't.

Speaker 0: Yeah, but that looks like you just throw

Speaker 1: it back. He's no, it looks like it's what we said. The fire that's a little mad like a DeLorean.

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Ford challenges Tesla to an 'apples to apples' tug-of-war between pickup trucks