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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)

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Tesla Cybertruck appears to be facing significant sales challenges. After initial hype faded, and over a million reservations turned out to be as real as unicorns, Tesla is now enabling leasing options and free upgrades to move its inventory of the futuristic pickup truck. The company's recent silence on the Cybertruck, even omitting it from their earnings call, speaks volumes about the situation.

Tesla initially projected sales of 500,000 Cybertrucks annually and established production capacity at the Giga Texas for 250,000 units per year. After working through the initial reservation backlog with fewer than 40,000 deliveries, the automaker is now struggling to sell the remaining vehicles.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Who the hell buys a cybertruck anyway ?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago

Obviously no one, hence the article.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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?

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[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The only thing Elon's ever pulled out of.

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[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's the price. I want a truck, not a Cadillac with a bed. A truck is meant for work not be a pavement princess. $50k was already high and the truck market is still stupid on price with most trucks going over $60k and Cybertruck starts at $75.5k. If the price was what Elon said when he announced the Cybertruck, it would be flying off the shelves $40k

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

And that certainly ain't no Cadillac.

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