Tale of Two Electric Unveils: Tesla Cybertruck and Ford Mustang Mach-E
We don't know how many hand-raisers there are for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E , Ford 's new electric SUV, or how many have placed a $500 deposit. Ford won't tell us. We do know there were about 9,000 interested would-be buyers on November 18, the night it made its global debut at a high-energy event at the Jet Center in Hawthorne, California. For the event, Ford brought in the Detroit Youth Choir that placed second on America's Got Talent . Also on hand: actor Idris Elba. His father worked at the Ford Dagenham assembly plant in the U.K. for most of his life and Elba worked at the plant for two years. The Mach-E will start arriving in late 2020 , and Ford will only make 50,000 units globally in the first model year. Contrast that with Tesla , which, two days later in a neighboring building in Hawthorne, had the world premiere of the Cybertruck , an electric pickup that is otherworldly in design. Tesla immediately started accepting orders wit...