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.
No thank you. I don’t want a swasticar.
I’d love to have one of those new production old style beetles. But we can’t buy them here because our govt sucks donkey dick.
Who would have thought the preorders all dried up when they advertised it at $39,900 but launched it at $60,990.
A couple weeks ago I drove past a Tesla dealership in Northern California. They must have had a dozen of these dumpsters lined up out front.
Is this the one they let musk design? Feels like a Simpsons episode…
Personally, I’m holding out for the Tesla minivan.
At least that one had big cup holders.
I guess if Hitler was allowed to design a car, Musk didn’t want to be left behind.
To be fair to Hitler, his cars weren’t trash
And he’s the guy who killed Hitler, so there’s that.
That’s it! We need to retire that joke or at least give it a 8 year rest 🤣
I can’t help but think that there’s a Broadway musical first act closing song somewhere in there…
At least the Wolkswagen was egineered properly. I don’t see anyone continuing to use this design after the war.
Well that was designed by one of the GOATs - Ferdinand Porsche
Strange I see them everywhere
Do you by chance live in a high CoL area?
No East Coast
I do, and even the bougie “conservative” assholes aren’t that interested. They’re more the decked out F-whatever and gas guzzler types.
I don’t like to say it but a third party dealership was selling some painted ones that actually looked pretty nice. Nice enough to make me think that maybe the plan was always to pass on the cost to the buyer, it’s so much better.
Or maybe it was just a talented… car painter? Is that a thing when they’re just working with flat panels and no design?
Who the hell buys a cybertruck anyway ?
Leon Skum is doing his best
I thought you were talking about me for a hot second…
Lol Lone Skum
Elong Pork
Leon the Nazi can ask his dictator buddies, Abbott and the Orange Cockroach for a bailout.
Hate for his employees to suffer for his shitty actions but there it is
The Swasticar!
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For what it was spec’d at originally, I think more people would have been willing to consider it than would like to admit, assuming the other trucks were still priced as is.
I remember posting about how a guy with a cybertruck would be an immediate no go for me and I was told by a guy I was being too judgy lol
Being honest, if I heard about a woman that has cybertruck red flags (assuming you’re cis/het), that’s genuinely more attractive to me.
It’s a solid real world filter.
This is definitely more acceptable than “no social media” being a red flag. Got that one before lol
I give the gift of a free bird to any I pass on the street.
Are you Lynyrd Skynyrd?
I did go to high school in Alabama, and know somebody from Muscle Shoals …
Is no social media a red flag?
I’ve heard it mentioned, but I assume the people who believe it are people who are on Instagram all day
To a lot of people yes, but I think they’re more worried there’s nothing that proves you’re a real person, if that makes sense.
I see it as a liability more than anything. Your data is forever.
Not really, but since we live in a world where most people are happily sharing their lives online it’s easy to imagine how not using social media might make people think you have something to hide and, therefore, can’t be trusted.
No social media is a green flag IMO.
You’re literally using social media right now.
Edit: Downvote me all you want, but the fact of the matter is that Lemmy is social media. There’s media on here, and we discuss it in a social setting. Literally the definition of “social media”.
Anonymous social media like this is not what people think of when someone says “social media”.
This is more akin to forums of old and less like your facebooks, snaps, etc
I like the term that was applied to reddit, antisocial media.
Both can be true. I’m reducing my usage of the REALLY BAD social media and trying to make THIS social media better.
Imagine a cyber truck bro listening to Joe Rogan in that thing. How does that not make every woman in sight instantly aroused?? /s
My panties are soaked! I’m also a pudgy middle-age dude.
You can buy incontinence sheets at the pharmacy, y’know?
:(
This is valid just on taste alone. The thing was ugly even before Elon started his descent into madness.
Nazi truck.
Fashcan?
Apparently Elon hates it when you call them swasticars, so definitely do not do that.
*SwastiKKKar
I’m not sure why, but every time I see one I think of a giant tick that has guzzled way too much blood and is about to explode.
Wankpanzer
Apartheidsemi
I can understand why Nazis like it, given the truck’s habit of trapping you inside as it engulfs you in flames.
Some may call this a bug, but I’d argue this is it’s best feature
Every time a Tesla burns a devil gets it’s horns.
“People deserve to die for buying the wrong car. I am the good guy in this scenario.”
Innocent people are being killed. Not really something to celebrate.
They bought a cybertruck. Are they really innocent?
Or they know someone who bought a cyber truck. Passengers who accepted a ride. Children or family members who have no control over what the buyer does. Be realistic
Have they tried pulling out the “Make a vehicle that’s not a massive and shitty death trap,” or “Boot the Nazi from the company” stops? Because, I suspect doing those two might help it out.
The myth of Elon is still going strong. Now he’s taking over government agencies. Not that it’s the right move, but keeping him on might keep the stock at the insanely overvalued level it’s at. That’s all that matters.
