I read used EVs are selling well. Not so much current new models. People are probably holding on to their money.
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There are two Tesla dealerships within 15 minutes of my house. Both lots are filled with cyber trucks. Nearby, there's a mostly-empty office complex that has another 25+ cyber trucks in the parking lot, clearly being used for overflow. Crazy.
"Wait a minute, Doc: are you telling me you built a time machine - out of a Cybertruck?!"
"The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car why not make it look ugly as fuck?"
I will forever point and laugh like Nelson at the morons who bought these Swastikar piles of shit.
What, an ugly ass vehicle that looks like it came from an early 90's video game is a flop? Whodathunkit?
The stupid thing is, it was so easy to see what needed to be done. Tesla needed to release a pickup that appealed to Red State America. Functional first, but high end and ultra manly. Kind of like the F-150 lightning but cool.
Tesla needed to appeal to traditional pickup owners. Then Musk's run to the right would have actually fallen in line with that strategy. But the Cybertruck is the exact opposite of that. There are probably more techies who own cyber trucks than there are pickup owners, and that's pathetic. That's a failure to understand your target demographic. This really comes down to musks insane hubris.
Lol function first.
Most f150s are suburban grocery getters. They just needed to release a mall crawler and keep Elon out of politics
I think the F-150 has some really cool features for a serious work truck. The front with the low entry means you can put relatively heavy tools there. The power outlets add a ton of functionality. The only thing it really doesn't have IMHO is the ability to do serious towing... But that's a problem with all electric vehicles.
Now I'm not a serious pickup guy, but from what I've seen, the F-150 looks much more built for work than any other EV on the market (and most pickups).
The F-150 is very modular. You basically build whatever on the back for whatever job you need done. You can’t do that with the Cybertruck because it’s not built like that with a frame.
Maybe function first helps with cosplaying as rural. People get very up in arms about frame type. The twice yearly sedanfull of potting soil is incredibly serious.
Sadly, its numbers are comparable to Hyundai's Ioniq 6, which might be the best EV on the market right now. Seems a lot of EVs are tanking in sales now.
Busted ass truck is busted.
I point them out to my partner when we see one and we both laugh. It's the ugliest piece of shit on the road.
Yesterday, we were returning from a road trip and saw a semi hauling three of them. It was completely full. Other semis on the trip had like eight cars. How inefficient and riduclous they looked. We laughed at that, too.
I'm so sad that the nazi asshole's stupid truck is a failure. /s No I'm not. I love it.
But almost six years later, the truck’s surreal design, awkward size, high price, and late delivery have turned it into a niche curiosity, not a mass-market hit.
How the fuck do you write an article about the failed Cybertruck and not acknowledge Elon’s political bullshit impacting Tesla sales?!?
Dishonest shit.
Early reviews raised red flags over software glitches, poor fit and finish, and disappointing range for a vehicle of its size.
That's the only sentence acknowledging the MANY mechanical failures, too.
The range was fine for a mall crawler. If it sold enough for Tesla to build that extended battery, it would have had by far the most towing range for those who need it.
I don’t think initial quality and range were a real problem. T was the delay, the looks, the price over what was announced. But definitely its fate was sealed by musks disastrous foray into politics
Biggest takeaway; the media is still in denial.
Eh. Even if Musk still had his Iron Man in real life image the cyber truck would still be a complete failure.
Saying it's a shitty car and a failure by only looking at it as a car seems like good journalism. This isn't a good product that failed because people don't like Musk anymore.
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Driving a Cybercuck is a great way to tell society you're the village idiot.
Every time I see one I burst out laughing, they look so fucking stupid!
Cars in early PS1 games be like:
Best clown car at a circus tho. Tho can't fit that many in it
me driving my shitbox around and I see a cybertruck
I drive a '96 Jeep Cherokee and yeah, I do the same. Haha!
I don't think anyone credible sincerely thought the cyber truck was going to do well
When it was first proposed, it sounded like a great idea. Rust proof, no paint, secure bed area, hard wearing and easily cleaned interior, and very competitively priced.
Of course, that's not the vehicle that was delivered.
It's a vehicle for stupid people with too much money to toss around or stupid people without money that are so caught up in the culture war trash they're willing to go into debt to make a really dumb statement.
Jeez, Tesla could have been such an interesting part of america’s success story (now China’s) if they just had leadership that was worth half a shit.
This is the Zune of cars man. What an eyesore. Shows what Elon can make when he tries it on his own.
Excuse me but I loved my Zune.
The zunehd was a great media player. Microsoft really botched the launch and just like phones gave up when it didn't immediately sell iPod numbers.
If Microsoft is good at anything, it's turning good hardware into trash
That’s still too many.
I think Musk drew this thing on the back of an envelope and forced it through to production against the protests and objections of everybody in Tesla. It sucks as a truck, it sucks as an EV, it costs way too much money, it's so dangerous that it is banned in most of the world, it's impractical, costly to repair, uninsurable and it falls to bits. It's no wonder the thing failed.
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The cybertrucks been a bust since the metal ball broke the window.
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