Tesla Pickup Test Mule Caught In The Wild!

An eagle-eyed member of the Tesla community might have just snapped the first picture of a Tesla pickup truck test mule. The sighting transpired on Wednesday in Ohio, and it involved a truck car carrier full of Tesla electric cars, plus one heavily wrapped pickup truck with a Ford F-150 body.

Tesla has used the body of other vehicles for its test mules in the past. Before the company unveiled the Tesla Semi, a test mule of the electric long-hauler was spotted with what appeared to be a Cascadia truck body. A video of the vehicle even showcased the now-recognizable acceleration of the all-electric truck. Thus, it will not be too surprising if Tesla is adopting the same strategy with its pickup truck test mule, using a Ford F-150 body for the vehicle.

qwertyfla1 - 3/8/2019 9:04:30 PM

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How do they now it was a Tesla? Did the rear bumper fall off?

SanJoseDriver - 3/8/2019 9:27:49 PM

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Rivian is going the same thing, taking F150s and putting the powertrain in them for testing.

Fun Fact, Tesla did this with the Model S as well in 2011, using a MB CLS as the shell.

MDarringer - 3/10/2019 8:18:34 PM

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But Tesla doesn't believe in time in prototypes.

dumpsty - 3/9/2019 3:11:14 AM

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Hmmm....Tesla EV powertrain in a CLS/E/S-class or 5/6/78-er sounds nice.

MDarringer - 3/10/2019 8:19:07 PM

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I'd rather have the superior quality of a Mercedes or BMW EV powertrain.

SanJoseDriver - 3/13/2019 3:55:02 AM

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You realize Mercedes was using Tesla EV powertrains for several years right?