The rumor that Caterpillar is getting into pickup trucks has been floating around for a while, and it seems pretty easy to debunk. It’s far-fetched with no real supporting details up to this point. Besides, Cat makes enough money manufacturing almost every other type of equipment under the sun. It just doesn’t seem logical. But then, we got this email.
It came in response to our story from a few weeks back titled, “No, Caterpillar Is Definitely Not Making a Pickup Truck.” The blog itself was a response to viral TikTok and YouTube videos claiming the company’s foray into passenger vehicles had been confirmed with AI-generated images and a bunch of made-up specs poorly supporting the case. It’s still far more likely than not that a yellow-and-black-badged pickup will never come to market, but a Caterpillar employee who asked to remain anonymous tipped us off with the following, emphasis ours:
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