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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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It's official: The Tesla Cybertruck is a flop (newatlas.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Tesla Cybertruck has done what very few modern-day vehicles have been able to achieve – become one of the most recognizable cars on the road. However, Tesla has a major issue on its hands: Its angular electric pickup isn't selling in the numbers it had hoped for.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I never liked them anyway. Ugly design.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Cybertruck is indeed a valiant effort in doing something new, and that’s not what most manufacturers dare to do. But there's a reason the basic design of pickups hasn't changed in 100 years – it's perfect for what buyers want it for, i.e., carrying a big load and being able to do so in rough conditions. Two things the Cybertruck doesn't exactly excel at.

This article is so soft on Musk it almost makes me mad at it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

His mistake was making doors that go like this instead of like this. If you want to be iconic like the DeLorean, the doors have to go like this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Burn a Tesla, save America.

[+] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Honestly, if looks were its only problem, I think you'd have a lot more people looking to buy one. I actually really like the way it looks. What I don't like is the fact that it's a poorly-constructed approximation of a truck that's made by a company owned by a literal Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Musk owns less than 13% of Tesla. He's the largest, but by no means majority shareholder.

I think you meant to say It's made by a company run by a literal Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm also not a fan of the fact that, like all Teslas (if not all new cars in general) it's full of proprietary spyware with bad UX and assorted enshittification. That's the thing that stopped me from being interested in Teslas from the very beginning, even before Musk came out as a Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can I please buy a car that's not smart? I don't need my car spying on me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes: you can buy a used car. That's my strategy, anyway: I'm hoarding cars from the '90s. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

moped car is the closest i know of, and honestly a big part of why there's no smart stuff is because they're built so cheaply

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's the sort of flop that gets CEOs fired in normal companies.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago