Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt

[reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Try and fail to look rugged.

[southfresh@lemmy.world]

Other truck makers tend to let their vehicles fully render.

[aramis87@fedia.io]

My problem with Tesla is that so many things seem half-unthinking, half-finished or half-assed:

Unthinking: I know! I'll put a ledge in from of the headlights, so snow can pile up while I'm driving!

Unfinished: all the seam mismatches and eternally unfinished-but-really-close! full self-driving (it ain't gonna happen).

Half-assed: that recall they had to do because sometimes the latch doesn't catch properly and the hood flies open when you're driving and blocks your view. Tesla's solution isn't to fix or replace the hood latch so this doesn't happen; they push a software up that monitors the hood latch and pops up a warning, telling you to pull over and check the hood latch. Because apparently fixing the issue that their poor design (see #1) and bad implementation (see #2) doesn't warrant an actual fix, they're just going to fob the risk , the cost and the work off to the customer.

[xanthobilly@lemmy.world]

Isn’t well liked…. Is a Nazi.

[cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Tesla's were already ugly as sin and these things looked even worse. It's not surprising.

[corroded@lemmy.world]

"Isn't well liked" is quite the understatement. "Despised" is more like it. I actually like the way the cybertruck looks, I think the technology is interesting, and if I really wanted to, I could probably afford one.

I wouldn't drive one if it was given to me for free. I'd rather take a taxi every day than drive a public display of support for the treasonous fascist manchild that owns the company.

Tesla's second biggest problem is their shit standards and quality control. Their first biggest problem is their shit corporate leadership.

[gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works]

You joke, but I wouldn’t be shocked if someone in particular gets that brainwave before too long

[obviouslynotbanana@lemmy.world]

Which is a very niche market

[gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

And more ground clearance

[deegeese@sopuli.xyz]

A bad pickup truck is still just a pickup truck.

[sharkattak@kbin.melroy.org]

I want a truck, not a Cadillac with a bed.

And that certainly ain't no Cadillac.

[sanctus@lemmy.world]

You gotta love these comments in forums. Like the whole point of being here is to discuss and people like this are literally telling you to leave the site. Very useful, much contributions.

[lauchs@lemmy.world]

Musk aside, it looks so goddamn stupid, I'd be embarrassed to drive around in it regardless. Like a cheap 80s movie version of what a futuristic car would look like.

And as Others have noted, why would you want a truck that looks like it can carry less stuff than a motorcycle can?

[dogpeepoo@lemm.ee]

The Lightning really is a nice looking truck.

The trapezoid Minecraft Cybertruck Deplorian— not so much…

[octopus_ink@lemmy.ml]

Let's not forget the quality. Also poor.

[sampao@lemmy.ml]

Beat me to it

[octopus_ink@lemmy.ml]

In case you weren't referencing this, be amazed:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sue-cybertruck-buyers-they-resell-in-first-year-2023-11?op=1

[octopus_ink@lemmy.ml]

[wootfiebre1@lemmy.zip]

They may not be niche but they sure are a luxury item

[pelespirit@sh.itjust.works]

They're a comedy show on wheels. They always lighten my mood when I see them. I'm a little smug too, knowing if I had that much money to blow, it wouldn't be on one of those.