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

[usernameblankface@lemmy.world]

Fixing safety issues would have to include that sharp front end. Maybe just ditch the entire "stainless" exterior and restyling the whole thing would help with that.

Pretty much start with the battery pack and drivetrain, start over after that.

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

It just needs a good putsch.

[londos@lemmy.world]

Maybe he'll force their sale to Ukraine, so Trump can pretend he supports them even while the cybertrucks break down in the field faster than Russia's WWII era tanks.

[atocci@lemmy.world]

Wow, the Cybertruck was announced that long ago?

[makingrain@lemm.ee]

Will they ever be available?
Completely illegal in the UK as it'd never pass the safety tests. After all, that front hitting someone would be insta-death.

[aeri@lemmy.world]

I wouldn't take a cybertruck if it was free, ignoring musk entirely it's just a bad vehicle.

The only place I'll drive a Cybertruck is in Fortnite because there I want my car to be unsafe.

[mapleengineer@lemmy.world]

Has Elon Musk tried not being a fascist plutocrat?

[absgeeknz@lemmy.nz]

I'm not sure.

They don't seem much more dangerous than the new breed of massive flat nosed ute's that I see around.

If a pedestrian gets hit at any kind of speed by an ute, they are fucked.

[angryrobot@lemmy.world]

Honest questions: What attracted you to it? Do you like the design?

[angryrobot@lemmy.world]

It certainly doesn't look very useful. It looks like you asked a 5-year-old to draw a "cool truck."

[mke@programming.dev]

I wouldn't take a cybertruck if it was free

You're being ridiculous, why would you seriously think that? That kind of internet opinion doesn't hold up in real life. I would absolutely take a free Cybertruck, I've long dreamed of making my own car bomb.

[scratchee@feddit.uk]

Not OP, but regardless of it being ugly, it is novel and kind of goofy look, which has some appeal. Like buying a car designed by a child it’s sort of “fun”.

Otoh, I don’t have the cash to throw away on “fun”, and regardless, funding a nazi definitely ruins the fun, so even if I won the lottery, I’d have to find my fun elsewhere I suppose.

[somethingburger@jlai.lu]

No, the cave thing happened in 2018, but the Cybertruck was announced late 2019.

[shaggysnacks@lemmy.myserv.one]

Muskie boy, have you tried suing people to get them to buy the truck?

[master@lemm.ee]

(Ignoring your last line joke)

No his opinion is absolutely correct. Its unsafe on just about every consumer aspect. It was cutting off fingers. It was ruling. In a crash its a nightmare. I also Wouldn't take one ifmitmwas free (unless im ok selling it without ever having to drive it)

Its a murderbox coffin on wheels.

[anomnom@sh.itjust.works]

And now he has access to the government billing office and all our SS numbers. Don’t hold your breath for your tax refund this year.

[jordanz@lemmy.world]

Well no…cause they advertised it as a base price so I kept like and like together. That 60K price is for the RWD model that isn’t even out yet. The AWD model starts at just shy of 80K.

[ripcord@lemmy.world]

Yeah I thought so.

Quite a few people would think $60k is a good price.

$80k is only justifiable by shitheads.

[jordanz@lemmy.world]

If you want the whole picture…

They announcement price versus what they are at now.

Dual Motor AWD: $49,900 => $79,990

Tri-Motor AWD: $69,900 => $99,990

[jaschen@lemm.ee]

Oh man, I got my timelines wrong. I think it was closer to a slow progression than instantly.