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I have no idea why Tesla thought that the Cybertruck would sell well enough to justify the production numbers.
They should have did the Roadster first instead and then the Cybertruck, both run in 5k lots to meet orders. Making such niche vehicles like it was going to be bought up like an F150 or a Civic is just dumb.
I have no idea why Tesla thought that the Cybertruck would sell
Leadership is abusing Ketamine. Junkies make bad decisions.
The rest of us just do drugs to deal with trying to implement management decisions.
Now now, let's not be too mean to junkies.
Being a filthy rich egomeniacle moron that doesn't have to deal with real world problems makes one fucking braindead, too.
I have no idea why Tesla thought that the Cybertruck would sell well enough to justify the production numbers.
It was originally said to be sold at $40k and a long range. Even back at the announcement time ICE pickups were expensive. Even people that were put off by the looks could swallow getting a full sized truck which wouldn't need expensive fuel for $40k. It just never ended up being that.
Yeah when it was announced I remember thinking "damn, that would totally be worth it despite the fact that it looks a bit weird," - because at that price it was actually cheaper than the available sedans. But of course, that was six years ago, before Musk made a complete Nazi of himself and of course, before it became a $100k boondoggle.
I still can't believe people still believe him after doing this same thing for every car model. Full autonomy is still not a thing that really exists after saying it'll be out "next year" for a decade.
Right , it would have been cheaper than the model y and with tons more features.
I do not want a truck, nor anything that big, but even allowing for $5k-$10k price hyperbole, I was still considering it. It would have been revolutionary.
Of course it came out years late at double the price and without some of the features
"Full size". For anyone actually needing to haul shit in the bed it's missing ~6 cubic feet of space from the smallest bed size of an F-150 and around 30 cubic feet of usable bed space from a long bed Silverado. It's also missing about 2000lbs of towing capacity. The Lightning has slightly less towing capacity but more room in the bed for your stuff.
These were never going to be used for the same thing a working truck would be used for. It was going to be another big ass parking lot princess and it was always going to take up as much or more room than a full size truck for less usability.
Why do it and the Lightning have such lousy towing capacity? I would think electric motors would be torquey as hell.
Not sure but I pulled a box truck out of a ditch yesterday with my lightning and it DEF had the torque to pull that thing. Not pictured, the trailer I had to unhook that was behind said box truck.
I tow with mine all the time, admittedly not at significant long haul distances, usually around 10-30 miles. It has never been super rough on battery when towing either.
Why are you expecting an F-150 to have high towing capacity? It's the smallest "full size" pickup Ford sells. ICE or EV, the frame, brakes and suspension isn't designed for high towing.
EV is torquey as hell, but I thought the main complaint about the Lighting was the towing range, which again, if you're doing real towing on the regular, you should get something a little bigger, if for no other reason then the safety of other people on the road.
And honestly, I think Ford could have saved the Lighting lineup by offering a generator unit that could sit in the bed and keep the batteries charged for long hauls. A sort of adhoc Edison Motors style hybrid.
They could easily have enough torque but fail in other ways
So did anyone in the world actually expect them to be at that price though? I mean has anything Musk promised in the last ten years not turn out to be a blatantlie? Anyone who had high expectations of the cyber truck just lied to themselves, they had absolutely zero reason to believe any of the promises were going to be met.
I have no idea why Tesla thought that the Cybertruck would sell well enough to justify the production numbers.
Two words; one man: Elon Musk.
I highly doubt he surrounds himself with anybody that would challenge the things he dreams up. He’s also addicted to Special K, which probably makes him think he’s that much more of a genius and cannot fathom himself being wrong.
The thing about getting high all the time is that eventually you will come down. And usually it’s with a crash.
He’s already fucked his bromance with Trump, and it looks like SpaceX will be taking the hit. Tesla is in the shitter, and it’s looking like that toilet is clogged and about to run over.
It’s only a matter of time before Musk implodes on himself. His “glue” is going to come undone, and his “panels” will fall to the floor with a loud thud.
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The original sell on the look was something like exoskeleton. Basically, the SpaceX Starship is stainless steel. Musk needed another consumer of it to make Starship more financially sound I suppose, so here comes CyberTruck which will use cold rolled steel exoskeleton, except it’s nothing like what it was sold to be.
"... is just dumb"
Yes, that is the main throughline with Musky products. No, he had no hand in spacex, got fired from paypal, and had nothing to do with the beginnings of Tesla.
Roadster would have been low production numbers, but at least they’d expect that and not spend the money scaling up.
I believe they came out with Plaid edition, expecting that to get most of the people wanting roadsters. At least it’s fast even if it’s a totally different form factor. Either that or they couldn’t figure out how to make the roadster fast enough to keep it from cannibalizing model s
Jokes on them: I’d never be able to afford a high end roadster but I’d seriously consider a Miata-like electric roadster. Seems like they could build something on a model 3 chassis
With so few sold, why the hell are there soany around my neighborhood?!
Oh no, I live in douchebag central.
They stand out a lot more. There's so many of every other car that you just don't "see" them. They're the traffic.
I've parked my car in the middle of a group of three other identical cars. It took four of the same make, model and color in the same location at the same time in the same part of the parking lot to even be noticable.
So few cybertrucks and one in a city stands out.
Crazy part is they actually have fancy decals on the ones I see. Like the forest camo one makes it look like a mine craft creeper. The ultra pink one looks like the texture didnt load. The company logo one is just sad.
Wild guess, California?
Middle of Ohio. Wealthyish Republican enclave. I can't wait to move the fuck out of here. I did not plan to come here, just trying to make the best out of circumstance. As soon as the kids are up and out, I am fucking GONE.
Be the change you want to see in this world.
The brand collapse is even ~~worse~~ funnier
I'm shocked they sold 46,000 of those things at all, I'm also shocked people are still buying the others, why would you buy a car from a company that is about to collapse? Particularly one with the documented production quality of this one?
Sooo according to My brother they are all in his area. The neighbor just bought one like last week and another one has 2 in the driveway. I had to ask if he was sure those weren't rubbish bins he was mistaking them for. I dk if there is some sort of everything must go sale.
please vote with your ballot, too.
I do always vote, but it'll be a cold day in hell before I despoil a meme format.
Righteous!
Who would buy a car that looks like a trash dumpster?
If it actually delivered on price and range many folk wouldn’t care how it looked.
3,300 per month. So ~110 per day? Across the world? That's amazing.
I wish I could see the breakdown on sales by state, or even better, by county. I see them a lot in my east coast region, and I know people see them a lot in areas of California. I wonder how many weren't sold in coastal, and/or blue areas.
There's a lot of places (outside of US) that won't certify it as a road vehicle so the data is going to be skewed towards places with shitty safety regulations.
How many did they make? I'd be happier if they made like 500k and they're just collecting dust.
In May, Vice thinks they had 20k unsold cybers - that's 40% of the number they had sold. Amazing fail!
~~dust~~ rust
They would most likely be collecting rust
They are. My office is in a corporate business park and the owners started leasing one of the lots for Tesla to store cars in.
I’m thankful we’re remote workers now and I don’t have to worry about one catching fire.
Still doubt musk will learn anything from it