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Summary
Tesla is struggling to sell its Cybertruck, even after applying discounts of up to $6,000. Inventories are piling up in the U.S. and Canada, with demand falling short of expectations.
The 2025 model qualifies for a $7,500 tax credit, but the 2024 model—still in stock—does not. There are also concerns that the tax credit may soon be eliminated.
Tesla’s goal of producing 250,000 Cybertrucks annually seems unrealistic, and analysts suggest a cheaper single-motor version may be needed to stimulate demand.
The Cybertruck’s hype appears to be fading.
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Because they are ugly, bad at doing things trucks do and made by a Nazi piece of shit.
They’re also bad at doing things a car does.
Oh and they might kill grandma.
And break your fingers.
And accelerate uncontrollably.
And take your data.
And might catch on fire after crashing.
And lock you in while it burns.
And break if you drive through a puddle.
But, don’t you kind of deserve to burn if you buy one of these ugly swastikars?
The data says that they’re substantially more likely to catch fire than the Ford Pinto.
You know, the car infamous for catching fire when rear-ended.
Cars do that.
If they’re made by ketamine addicted toddlers.
good, you couldn’t pay me to drive one of these monstrosities that scream “my personality is the color Florida”
I went back to find this post just to tell you that “my personality is the color Florida” has me cackling for several minutes now. I hope your day is as great as your jokes.
thank you stranger, been dealing with a lot of life lately… I pop off too damn much
This gif is so fun to analyze, in the show you only see the scene briefly so it seems just fine but the longer you watch it loop the more you notice the flaws that they could get away with in the format.
- Front wheels pop in and out of existence
- Horn on the top bounces upwards when facing away
- The antenna is always behind the bubble dome even when it should be in front of it
- Homer suddenly flips all the way backwards when the car is roughly facing to the right
- The entire scene is static except for the car itself and a single blink for Herb
- The spoiler slopes down when its on the left but up when its on the right
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What an amazing time to be a BMW driver. No longer are you short penis’d douchebags the biggest assholes on the road. Congrats you shitheads, and relish in running red lights while people are trying to turn left.
I had a BMW for a long time, and i was really quite the anti BMW driver, at least if you care what redditors say. I never rewlly understood the whole car cliché thing, BUT, fuck me i hate tesla drivers. Somehow they are always on their phones. Like phone on their head, not with the fancy bordcomputer. And because they are always on their phone, they can’t use turn signals. And even that aside, most tesla drivers seem to have a lot of trouble driving.
heir phones. Like phone on their head, not with the fancy bordcomputer. And because they are always on their phone, they can’t use turn signals. And even that aside, most tesla drivers seem to have a lot of trouble driving.
the tesl driver demographic really changed since musky started coming out as racist
That’s so weird - the hands free is excellent and easy to use
Congratulations, Elon. You’ve made John DeLorean look wildly successful.
At first I thought this was a Tim Apple joke but that’s his actual name lol
Wait until you hear about Bill Pontiac!
Or the Chrysler brothers
It’s ugly, it’s heavy, it’s completely impractical, it’s associated with a petty tyrant.
Nobody wants it.
It also has terrible build quality, is almost double the price they said it would be, & does zero things better than any of its competitors. Crazy to think that anyone would prefer to purchase something (or you know, literally anything) other than a cybertruck
Yep. Tons of recalls and it doesn’t help people get locked in them and die thanks to fires or other causes.
I like your positive outlook on life. It is a solid silver lining that fewer people will die needlessly, specifically BECAUSE Elon is one of the worst people alive AND a moron causing less people to own one.
You are statistically more likely to die in a fire in a Cybertruck than a Ford Pinto
The right doesn’t want an ev and the left doesn’t want a car sold by a nazi. The cybertruck doesn’t have mass market appeal as a result. Sure the technofascists love them but you shouldn’t mass produce something when your target customer is Caroline Ellison of all people
Their core demographic is people who only survived childhood due to the vigilance of others. It’s not really a growth market.
They’re ugly and apparently the build quality is shite. Even without the inescapable nazi association I can’t imagine they would have sold lots.
Not to mention it’s the very epitome of ugly. Having more in common with a dumpster than a vehicle.
The worst part is its the most offensive kind of ugly: the kind where it could’ve not been, but also very ugly.
I’m the weird one on this. I like the ugly to it. But I’m the weird guy who also liked the Pontiac Aztec. When I saw pictures of it it was the “It’s so ugly it’s endearing.”
Seeing one in real life… my biggest complaint (on looks) is my complaint with all trucks in the US market, it’s too fucking big. If it was the size of a 90s Ranger, I’d love the looks. And admittedly two days ago I saw one that hit exactly all the buttons of the “I like that” looks, and it was done in the wrap with UNSC logos and looked like a Halo Warthog.
Now that I’ve said all the virtues for it I can think of… EVEN IF the swasticar problem wasn’t on it… holy shit if we make it 30 years out it’ll go down in history as one of the worst built cars ever.
Yeah, exactly. Musk has totally burned his market. Maybe he doesn’t care now he’s got power. I do feel sorry for the people who bought a Tesla a few years ago because they wanted to reduce their environmental impact and who are now stuck with a car that has a powerful nazi association. I wonder if there’s a spike in people trying to sell them.
I think the adults in the room at Tesla saw it coming which is why they came with a contract that forbids the sale of the swasticars for a period of time after the initial purchase.
Driving them can cause them to catch fire.
Gathering dust could also cause them to catch fire.
I guess better to just avoid the whole situation.
I remember when he got everyone excited about them it was supposed to be this affordable thing. I think it was 25k for a base model? Now they’re how much? And how poorly designed?
Good thing he got a government job, I don’t think he was cut out for the private sector…
When they were $25k and had impervious window they seemed like a reasonable albeit silly looking electric vehicle for work. Now… Not so much.
100k for this monstrosity.
25k for the cybertruck? There was the 30k Model 3 that existed for like a week. And he promised (then back tracked) on a different model. But not a cybertruck.
Does anyone even make a 25k truck at this point? Maybe like a stripper spec Tacoma?
Does anyone even make a 25k truck at this point?
Definitely doable outside the USA. For example, the Toyota HiLux is pretty popular in Australia and other countries, and starts at AU$27k (US$16.7k) drive away (including all fees and taxes).
A lot of other countries have cheap cars that can’t be purchased in the USA, usually due to high tariffs. The most popular EV brand (BYD) isn’t available in the USA, but in Australia you can get a pretty decent entry-level EV (BYD Dolphin), better quality than a Tesla Model 3, for around US$18k.
I know it’s not really a truck, it’s a preorder and limited to 80km/h but I love the look of this thing and it cost 10800€
That’s neat. Almost like a modernized take on a Model TT truck.
I love the idea of a trim package of trucks specially designed for strippers and that it’s the opposite of a pimpmobile. Now I’m just picturing a bunch of sex workers driving banged up barebones kei trucks
I mean Musk has done a wonderful job of BEING the brand and then tanking the brand. It’s a publicly traded company and his actions do not appear to be beneficial to the company. I wonder how much stock holder value gets eroded before share holders revolt.
Edit: They’re starting to complain it seems
Hmm I wonder why no one wants to buy a nazi car
A swasti-car, you might say.
A Deplorian
IncEl Camino
Wankpanzer
I hear Molotovs are great at cleaning dust. Help out your local dealership if you can.
Theoretically the contents of these lots would be insured, so if there was a sudden unexpected fire that happened to destroy all the cars Tesla gets a cash payout, unlike if they just sit there where Tesla has to take the cashflow hit of having paid to build cars that noone will buy
Water balloons filled with saltwater somehow pop into mind…
Hehe… Pop.
I would seriously consider buying one for $6,000
Not $6k OFF, just 6k total because that would make it the cheapest new vehicle available and it’s worth that shitbox status
I wouldn’t get one if they paid me $6000.
If they paid me 6k to take it, I would. I’d park it and use it as a whole house backup battery. I have no interest in driving around a piece of shit swasticar.
I would. I imagine the battery could be sold for a decent sum, and scrap prices for stainless steel usually aren’t bad.
Foreal dude! 6k is chump change, they really think anyone’s gonna waste cash on a death trap just cuz it’s dropped by 6k? Theyr twacked!!
Not if it was just a one off. My car is fine and people dont flip me off when I drive it.
lol there is that.
6k though, haha I’m getting it at that point and I’ll just paint “fuck Elon” all around so folks know I only got it because it was cheap.
I do think the truck will have a cult like following one day by collectors who were 17 when it came out but 75 at that point.
If Elon didn’t have his nose in every piece of business around the planet and go out of his way to be famous/infamous, someone could have used it as a movie prop like the DeLorean.
In about 20 years I expect the Cybertruck will be on par with the DeLorean with the complicated history to boot.
Idk i think it might, but the problem is the Honda 0 series looks like it’s about to do what the cyber truck clearly was going for aesthetically, but like, good looking.
If it winds up an early, ugly, and politically controversial interpretation on a style that winds up being picked up its not likely to hold the DeLorean position.
No wonder he’s gonna force the government to buy a bunch of them.
Does it come with saluting arms instead of indicators?
