The Cybertruck vs F-150 tug-of-war challenge
The Cybertruck vs F-150 tug-of-war demostration has been widely discussed over the weekend.
Cybertruck pulls F-150 uphill pic.twitter.com/OfaqUkrDI3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2019
Several people have challenged Tesla and Elon Musk about this demostration on Twitter.
Agreed, this will be exciting to see!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2019
And a VP in Ford was asking for an “apples to apples” test.
Bring it on https://t.co/pCnln1NdRO
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2019
Elon accepted the challenge and he said they will try to do the test next week.
Sure, will aim to do this next week
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 26, 2019
At the end of the day, torque is the key. With electric motors, torque can be easily controlled (by current). On the other hand, it is much harder to control the torque with internal combustion engine because it is closly related to the gears and rpm.
I know the results. How about you?