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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Or, the real reason.

As the manbaby he is, and given the reason it would be named '2' (so that the lineup would be 2S3XY), someone informed him of that shirtless picture on the yacht and the incomming endless memes about him being 2S3XY for his shirt.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/03/24/tesla-angled-s-e-x-model-line-up/99587238/

[–] [email protected] 51 points 7 months ago (51 children)

Shouldn't be a big deal: Why would anyone still buy a Tesla at this point? If someone is going to buy a car they probably don't want something with garbage build quality and shitty support.

Those Volvos are looking kinda good though...

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is an easy test. If Reuters is lying, that means the Model 2 is still in development. Prove that Reuters is lying, Elon. you are uniquely positioned to be able to do that.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 7 months ago

Best he can do is be an insufferable jackass.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Well there goes my chance to own a Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

A new one maybe, but the used ones are coming down in price pretty quickly. I've seen a few model 3s over the last few months at the $25k mark.

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[–] [email protected] 148 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tesla has no press office and has not rebutted the news, but Musk took to his social network to declare that "Reuters is dying," then in another post claimed that "Reuters is lying (again)."

Fucking embarrassing.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No need for press offices when you are a Musk.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Tesla has abandoned plans to develop an affordable electric Model 2, according to a report in Reuters.

The news organization says it has reviewed company messages that say the affordable Model 2, which Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed would sell for $25,000 or less, has been axed.

Then, this March, Musk told Tesla workers that the Model 2 would go into production at the company's factory in Berlin.

In light of this news, that statement certainly raises eyebrows—Reuters reports that one of its three unnamed sources told it that the decision to scrap the Model 2 was made in late February.

Instead, Musk is allegedly "all in on robotaxi," Tesla's plan to create an autonomous driving system that could allow its cars to compete with Uber or Lyft without a driver in the equation.

Earlier this week, Tesla posted its worst delivery results since 2020, with an 8.5 percent drop in deliveries year over year and yet another quarter of overproduction that has left the electric carmaker with nearly 150,000 vehicles produced but unsold.


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