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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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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.
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.
Because they’re fucking junk. $TSLA puts the time has finally arrived
Good! Now for a nice big hail storm.
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.
Since Trump is likely to ban EV chargers, it seems like a bad decision.
I’m doubtful an EV charger ban would work.
Does stop Trump from trying.
Hate to be mean, but good. What worries me about these guys is if they can’t get the money (semi) honestly, they seem to find ways of taking/stealing it.
They’ll do that anyway.
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
Septic tank market hasn’t slowed though.
They should be gathering bricks.
Just certifying the steel plate armor and bulletproof glass.
Does it come with saluting arms instead of indicators?
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
6000$ discount? You couldn’t pay me 6000 dollars to drive a cybertruck.
Good. Fuck Elon.
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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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.
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.
And lock you in while it burns.
But, don’t you kind of deserve to burn if you buy one of these ugly swastikars?
And break if you drive through a puddle.
Cars do that.
If they’re made by ketamine addicted toddlers.
