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.

  • L3ft_F13ld!
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    12 hours ago

    And get real professionals to design and build future models.

    • snooggums
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      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 the 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…

      • @[email protected]
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        4 hours ago

        I’m sure people pointed out all of those things and were overruled by the Nazi manchild in charge.

      • @Xanthobilly
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        5 hours ago

        Now, the origin of all those terrible ideas will be running the government.

      • andyburke
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        It’s all 5d chess technology that us plebs would never understand, what with our preference for simple, maintainable shit.

    • @Valmond
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      Just ordinary professionals will do nicely.

    • ms.lane
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      Or even better, get Olivier Boulet (of Mitsubishi infamy) to do their future designs so we can put the company out of its misery.