I don't love the look of this truck however it has began to grow on me and I can definitely see the appeal. It's futuristic for sure but the specs, along with the price is what stands out. As an F-150 owner myself, I think it would be irresponsible of me or any consumer in general to not at least consider this truck when it hits the market as it seems to be a good value considering the price. My issue is that I drive about 25k miles a year. Even with the longest range vehicle rated at 500+ miles we all know 500+ means driving slow, not pulling anything, no payload, they are manufacturer specs. At times this would be an issue for someone like me unless I were able to charge during a long drive.

I'm excited for what Tesla is doing. Ford owns the pickup market, I don't see them just bending over and letting Tesla take a large chunk of that market share. They will and already are developing something that will most likely be released around the same time. Consider the production capabilities of Ford vs. Tesla, Ford can pump out a ton of cars and with each one they build the price comes down thus closing the gap that Tesla has if you assume that Tesla's R&D is further along. Even if Ford had to take a loss on an electric truck in the beginning, similar to how Tesla has, Ford would have do to it in order to remain competitive. Tesla innovates and the competition will need to do the same in order to remain relevant. 

As for the Tesla pulling the F-150, the Tesla truck weighs an additional 1,000 lbs, this has everything to do with why it was able to pull the Ford. Regardless, videos like this are silly, just like the Ford electric truck prototype pulling a 1.25 million lb train.

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