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

[slopppyengineer@lemmy.world]

eternally unfinished-but-really-close! full self-driving

Promised by next year since 2013

[magnetosphere@fedia.io]

This news makes me smile.

[saltesc@lemmy.world]

Yeah. A wagon.

[andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works]

I'd like a GTA singleplayer cheat making every police car a cybertruck that can't pursue you for long and would rather lose control and do a barrel roll than even get close to you.

[xthexder@l.sw0.com]

I'm surprised you mentioned the battery (which is a problem with any EV towing), and not the fact the hitch can just snap off if you hit a pothole hard enough.

[takeda@lemm.ee]

With all the trailer capacity available it will be able to carry one, maybe even TWO packages!

[grue@lemmy.world]

It's an Ute, like the old El Camino etc.

Real pickups have body-on-frame construction with cabs and beds bolted onto the chassis separately, so that the bed can be removed and replaced with a specialized/custom one if necessary.

[grue@lemmy.world]

Hatchbacks can fold down the rear seats to extend the cargo area. The Cybertruck fails even at that.

[neonachtwaechter@lemmy.world]

pickup trucks are hardly a niche product

Tanks camouflaged as pickup trucks are.

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

Does that mean Canada and Mexico will be sued if the tariffs don't make them beg to be annexed?

[corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca]

The worst El Camino ever?

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I will hand it to Tesla, iterating on the Cybertruck design must have been really fast.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Eh, I think they're fine. They're unique while still being aerodynamic, which is pretty hard in such a crowded field.

I'm not a fan, but I can totally understand those who are.

That said, the Cybertruck throws all of that out the window and is objectively ugly.

[pahlimur@lemmy.world]

The one person I know who owns a cyber truck was upset when I didn't call him when I had a truck needing emergency, my wife's car had broken down on a freeway offramp. The people that own these stupid things are cos playing as truck people even moreso than the average truck owner. The weirder part of his upsetness is, I was already driving a 3/4 truck because my commuter vehicle was not running. All I had to do was go get a uhaul trailer and go get her car. My mind is still boggled that he threw a fit about not calling him.

[homesweethomemrl@lemmy.world]

Investors learn lesson? That's unpossible!

[manmoth@lemmy.ml]

EV trucks will never make sense. Hybrids can but I have yet to see anything I would buy.

[finitebanjo@lemmy.world]

Weird, I've heard Elon's pull out game sucks balls.

[damage@feddit.it]

Which is mind boggling, as the Lightning seems like a good, attractive vehicle, while the cybertruck seems like a pile of shit

[shepherdpie@midwest.social]

Actually most vehicles are only 1-wheel drive unless they have a locker or similar installed (4x4 would be "2-wheel drive").

[billwashere@lemmy.world]

Wait what?!?!