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.

    • @Test_Tickles
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      701 month ago

      Personally, I’m holding out for the Tesla minivan.

      • @Buffalox
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        1 month ago

        Wow, it’s beautiful and so futuristic! It’s almost like living in the future today. I bet Tesla could sell twice as many as the Cybertrucks of those. Provided he makes it bulletproof of course. The great weakness and the reason for the disappointing sales of the Cybertruck is that the glass isn’t bulletproof, I simply can’t think of any other reason.

        • @werefreeatlast
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          21 month ago

          The Cyberbox! Imagine it! A box, with wheels! Don’t need windshields because the cameras are superior.

          • @Buffalox
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            21 month ago

            Absolutely, I don’t need windows, I use Linux! 😋

            • @werefreeatlast
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              21 month ago

              Imagining my new all electric commuting box with a high fidelity decal of Linus Trovalds giving the guy in the back a double fisted middle finger!

              With speed lines and fire ball theme. The reverse sound alarm is the same thing they use in kei trucks…cute Japanese voice model saying excuse me I’m backing up! For lights, we would want fog lights along with a fog horn, we would want 300w for normal driving, 5000w for blinding incoming traffic and flash bulbs in case anyone wants to follow me too closely. A green laser for traffic cameras, and an LED screen so I can tell the guy behind me things I did with his mother. " We went shopping together yesterday… At Victoria’s secret!"…and that’s the design and how I would end a conversation regarding Tesla trucks.

        • @werefreeatlast
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          91 month ago

          They made Mexico city what it is. The beetle is legendary. And the program “hoy no circular” or “today you can’t commute” was invented became too many people owned too many god dammed cars. So in the program they would allow you to use your car only in certain days. Additionally they modernized their metro system making it accessible for incredibly cheap. Not long ago for a few cents you could travel around the city a few stops. By comparison the trolley in sandiego is out dated as outdated can be and it only goes up and down the coast with only one rail heading east. Mexico city made a spider grid off they’re system. Like from any peripheral location you can travel to the center or travel in the periphery towards another center bound rail. Its great. You can go anywhere without a god dammed car.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 month ago

            Can’t say that about anyone else. Dudes an absolute monster but there’s a couple Silver linings

        • @Vikthor
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          31 month ago

          Beetle was a copy of a Tatra anyway.

        • Hemingways_Shotgun
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          21 month ago

          I can’t help but think that there’s a Broadway musical first act closing song somewhere in there…

    • @criss_cross
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      21 month ago

      That one ruined Danny Devito. Maybe we’ll be lucky enough this ruins Musk?