Caterpillar truck?

By: Tyler Jordan

Caterpillar this year has introduced a new truck coming. When people think of “Cat” or caterpillar many people think of the big dump trucks, excavators,and heavy machinery.

But this year, caterpillar surprised everyone with this new truck. Cat is teaming up with Ford on this project. The body of the truck will be based on the F-150 chassis and a few other components. They are planning on releasing three variants of the truck. One is straight gas, next is a hybrid between gas and electric, and last is a fully electric truck. The gas variant is supposed to have the 5.0 liter V-8 supercharged engine that is a replica of the ford mustang coyote motor. Caterpillar says they plan to expand on engine variants throughout the designing process. Although it has that very nice engine the truck they say is meant for work related stuff. They plan on having the starting price for the base model of the truck to be around 40k so they can keep up with all the other big name industries and have a competitive market.

Personally I could see this truck being really good. Caterpillar has an outstanding reputation with their company and teaming up with Ford Motor Company is big because both have been in the mechanic services for decades. I hope to see this truck come to the market soon. It looks really nice,but nice isn’t the only thing I hope this truck is reliable. I feel that almost everything mechanical wise is upgraded to some extent. But it is still in the early development stages and isn’t supposed to be released till mid 2025 so a lot can change from now to then. BUt overall I think the Caterpillar truck will be a solid truck and will be in competition with the other big brands on the market. And it will be unique to see a Caterpillar truck around the world.