The Tesla Cybertruck, once a highly anticipated EV, is facing significant sales challenges, prompting Tesla to offer leases and free upgrades to move its inventory.

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.

    • @NotMyOldRedditNameEnglish
      2•2 hours ago

      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.

      • BilliamEnglish
        1•54 minutes ago

        For what it was spec’d at originally, I think more people would have been willing to consider it than would like to admit,

        I’ll admit it: a $30k EV with 600 miles of range? You’d be an idiot to not consider that, until it was proven to be bullshit and Elon was proven to be a full-on fascist.