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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Tesla Cybertruck appears to be facing significant sales challenges. After initial hype faded, and over a million reservations turned out to be as real as unicorns, Tesla is now enabling leasing options and free upgrades to move its inventory of the futuristic pickup truck. The company's recent silence on the Cybertruck, even omitting it from their earnings call, speaks volumes about the situation.

Tesla initially projected sales of 500,000 Cybertrucks annually and established production capacity at the Giga Texas for 250,000 units per year. After working through the initial reservation backlog with fewer than 40,000 deliveries, the automaker is now struggling to sell the remaining vehicles.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Weird, I've heard Elon's pull out game sucks balls.

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[+] [email protected] -7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

EV trucks will never make sense. Hybrids can but I have yet to see anything I would buy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I think they do/will make a lot of sense. Being able to drive to a job site and run your welder or other tools from the truck's battery seems like a game changer for certain applications. The Chevy Silverado EV and the F-150 Lightning seem pretty nice to me. They'll both be much more appealing once battery tech, charging speed, and charging infrastructure improve. I'm pretty stoked about this new company called Telo, I hope they make it. It's a pretty small truck with an 8' bed that's about as long as a Mini Cooper, plus it has the solar tech from Aptera.

Edit: and I imagine the Rivian R2T and R3T will be pretty sweet.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The Silverado EV and F150 lightning seem pretty decent from the specs, but towing anything they still seriously suck. But for most people they're actually already pretty good... Unlike the cyber truck.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (6 children)

You hit the nail on the head. If it can't tow it's pretty useless as a truck. If someone doesnt tow they probably dont need a truck in the first place otherwise they are better off with a gas model. The unfortunate thing is that regulations have forced manufacturers to implement shitty ICE drivetrains. Everything is a turbo now which is "more efficient" but there is no way they will last as long as the naturally aspirated V6 or V8s that would go for 400-500k miles.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This news makes me smile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I got a chubby

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

You win lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

pulls out all the stops

I'm surprised those weren't optional, paid DLC

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Have they tried making a good car?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Have they tried making a decent truck?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The main reason I bought a truck was to tow heavy shit, and this piece of fuck trash Cyber truck can't even do that without the battery failing after less than 100 miles. Meanwhile an F150 can tow six times it's own weight thousands of miles.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

The one person I know who owns a cyber truck was upset when I didn't call him when I had a truck needing emergency, my wife's car had broken down on a freeway offramp. The people that own these stupid things are cos playing as truck people even moreso than the average truck owner. The weirder part of his upsetness is, I was already driving a 3/4 ton truck because my commuter vehicle was not running. All I had to do was go get a uhaul trailer and go get her car. My mind is still boggled that he threw a fit about not calling him.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm surprised you mentioned the battery (which is a problem with any EV towing), and not the fact the hitch can just snap off if you hit a pothole hard enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Wait what?!?!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully his investors finally learn their fkn lesson and stop giving him money so he can be an ass

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Investors learn lesson? That's unpossible!

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