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

[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.

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

Plus the initial sales were to people who had already committed to preorders at a lower price for a truck that was hyped up to be far better than the end result.

Cybertrucks are basically No Man's Sky but without the possibility of being good in a half decade.

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

They shipped 39k cybertrucks for backlogged preorders that were based on a completely different description of what the truck would be.

[kichae@lemmy.ca]

I like the theory that Tesla had a long term roadmap before Elon scooped it up, and that he wasn't able to do too much to disrupt that in the early years because he was focused on LARPing as Tony Stark on the Internet, and the team that developed around him to insulate the company from him were reasonably good at their jobs. But even the best can only hold back so few bad ideas while keeping up the illusion, and the result has been gradually diminishing amount of ass.

Until that roadmap ran out, and/or Elon stopped being distracted, resulting in them designing and building the Elon.

[yerbouti@sh.itjust.works]

I swear that every time I saw one, the people around would point and laugh. 100k+ to drive a car that is always broken and mocked by everyone is quite expensive.

[spankmonkey@lemmy.world]

Also have anyone who understands basic car design point out why shit like door opening buttons are a terrible idea in emergencies. Or why requiring thr doors to lock during a software update is stupid. Or why putting electronics not designed for extreme heat is terrible. Or that trying to use cameras in bad weather isn't any better than human eyes....

[telorand@reddthat.com]

Probably an effort to prevent scalping. Oh, how optimistic they were...

[thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe]

The target audience is monied tech bro millenials who really wanted a warthog out of Halo.

The problem is that the overlap between tech bros and nazi lovers is definitely not 100%, probably not even 10%.

[superkret@feddit.org]

I was referencing how Elon is suing companies for not wanting to advertise on X. But this is amazing, too.

[jomiran@lemmy.ml]

As the article title states, unlike Elon Musk, Tesla pulls out.

[melodiousfunk@slrpnk.net]

Deplorian

I'll be borrowing that one.

[mosiacmango@lemm.ee]

The problem is that the overlap between tech bros and nazi lovers is definitely not 100%, probably not even 10%.

Dont be so sure about that ratio. Plently of "got mine, im all bootstraps" tech bros. Id put the number at about 70/30% against nazis, but no better.

[simplejack@lemmy.world]

Looking at the 2024 sales numbers of the lighting and R1T, the Cybertruck is selling well comparatively.

That said, I can’t imagine that the look of the truck, and the actions of Tesla’s CEO, are helping sales in anyway.

[simplejack@lemmy.world]

If we had one more season of Silicon Valley, Russ would absolutely be rubbing finger prints out of his Founder Edition Cyber Truck.