Is Caterpillar really building a mainstream pickup truck for the U.S. market to challenge Ford, GM, Ram, Toyota, Jeep, Nissan, and many others? This started as an AI-generated “what if” image, and turned into a fake news story with a life of its own. The short answer is – neither Caterpillar, nor John Deere, nor Yamaha are entering the pickup truck game in North America or anywhere else in the world. Let’s set the record straight.
We reached out to industry experts and our friends who work at these companies. While we do not have an official quote from Caterpillar, the insider word is “there is no pickup truck under development”.
The same goes for John Deere, Yamaha, and Polaris. None of these manufacturers are getting ready to produce and sell a pickup truck. We have huge respect for all of these companies, and we think they could do well by collaborating with another mainstream pickup truck manufacturer. However, there is NO OFFICIAL announcements from any of these companies in relation to this rumor and AI-generated renderings.
TFLtruck.com has been in business since 2012. We have developed relationships with every company in the automotive industry. We go to industry shows, world debut event, and we are proud to perform real-world testing in our home state of Colorado.
Most automotive manufacturers test their camouflaged prototypes in the Colorado mountains. We are often first to see these prototypes (including the new semi trucks). We also have relationships with automotive spy photographers from around the world. We no proof that Caterpillar or John Deere are working on a pickup truck.
Also, most of these companies are publicly traded. Financial statements with plans to build factories and hiring of new workers would have to be made years before camouflaged prototypes are seen in public.
Here is a video where we discuss many of these points and more… TFLTruck Youtube channel.
