Did Ford Just Troll Elon Musk’s Tesla With F-150 Lightning Tweet?

Did Ford troll Elon Musk's Tesla again? Even though Jim Farley himself tweeted, "Not trolling. Just helpful."?

Or is Farley merely poking fun at the Tesla and SpaceX owner?

Trolling Playbook

Musk is always having a blast on Twitter- posting funny tweets, sharing memes, throwing shade at his opponents, replying a poop emoji to Twitter's CEO Parag Agrawal's post, engaging in online tirades, and most of the time just simply trolling.

But Farley might have just taken a page from Musk's trolling playbook after quote tweeting about a Lightning Owners forum member (via InsideEVs) detailing how the F-150 Lightning electric pickup's NEMA 14-50 Mobile Power Cord attachment includes an adapter to fit Teslas, which use their own charge plug standard.

The hookup in question allows F-150 Lightning owners to charge their vehicles using a 240-volt outlet-and with the supplied L14-30P NEMA converter. The user can even plug this 30-amp hookup into the 240-volt outlet in the pickup bed to charge other EVs.

The implication, for those who haven't figured it out yet, is that Lightning owners with the hookup could "save" stranded Teslas (along with other electric vehicles that wield industry standard charge port designs) by connecting the NEMA power unit to their Pro Power port in the bed and attaching the J1772 Tesla port adapter.

Lowkey Sick Dig

The catch here is that you can't hook the Mobile Power Cord into the F-150 Lightning's bed and then try to charge it from the same F-150 Lightning's charge port.

You could do it, but as Car and Driver recently demonstrated, it wouldn't "charge" itself. That would make the Lightning something akin to a perpetual motion machine, which it most certainly isn't.

The Lightning, on the other hand, is a compelling rolling power plant, according to Motor Trend.

A Lightning can power your house with the right setup, although it's a little more challenging than plugging the Mobile Power Cord into your nearest 240-volt outlet, entailing a two-way charger and other home upgrades.

Hence, it's only natural that the Ford EV, including the welders, big appliances, and cool tailgating setup in this upcoming football season, could also give other EVs a boost.

This is "useful," as Jim Farley points out, but it's also a lowkey sick dig at Tesla, whose cars can't perform the same mobile power station antics as the Lightning. At least, not with its present cars; perhaps Tesla's long-awaited Lightning competitor, the Cybertruck, will be able to do so whenever it is released and give Ford a run for its money.

Last month, Ford released a new ad that seemed to be shading Musk as well. The video said, "right now it could seem like the only people who matter are the loudest, those who want to tear things down and then fly away on their personal spaceships when things get hard."

The ad seems to allude to the space race between Musk and Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla