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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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[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently Elon hates it when you call them swasticars, so definitely do not do that.

[–] TodaviaTyler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

*SwastiKKKar

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I can understand why Nazis like it, given the truck's habit of trapping you inside as it engulfs you in flames.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

All DEI fault for this failure

/s (if it wasn’t obvious 🙂)

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

All they had to do was build a solid, reliable truck, and not be fascist. Instead they build a poorly glued together piece of shit and sieg heil. I fucking hate this timeline.

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Have they tried making a decent truck?

[–] neineon77@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] PagPag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No social media is a green flag IMO.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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".

[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

This is more akin to forums of old and less like your facebooks, snaps, etc

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anonymous social media like this is not what people think of when someone says "social media".

[–] Forbo@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

Pseudonymous, not anonymous. It's a little difference, but one that can determine whether you land behind bars/dead/doxxed.

[–] Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, if you're too young to remember what a forum is, i guess you can call it social media

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

No not the same. Forums didn't revolve around media, they revolved around discussions.

And I'm 37, thankyouverymuch

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Forums are social media

[–] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 1 year ago

Have they tried suing people who don't want to buy one?

[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Why isn't the puny, petulant man-thing that runs the Nazicar Factory not suing us all for not buying them? That's how you deal with advertisers who don't wanna advertise with him so why not consumers who don't want to consume?

It's the next stupid, asinine step.

I hope anyone who ever admired this fuck face is deeply embarrassed. Or losing money.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Leon the Nazi can ask his dictator buddies, Abbott and the Orange Cockroach for a bailout.

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

[–] ricketyrackets@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe they should include free Nazi salute lessons with each purchase and a bottle of Kentucky bourbon to get all the backwater inbred hicks on board to help spur sales of the swastitruck?

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This should surprise no one. The reception was poor, delivery was poor. It’s a niche market item in an existing niche market. On top of that, the de facto spokesperson of Tesla isn’t well liked by a lot of potential buyers.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

"niche market," is a way of saying they made a bad product few want.

pickup trucks are hardly a niche product especially in the us

[–] corroded@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Isn't well liked" is quite the understatement. "Despised" is more like it. I actually like the way the cybertruck looks, I think the technology is interesting, and if I really wanted to, I could probably afford one.

I wouldn't drive one if it was given to me for free. I'd rather take a taxi every day than drive a public display of support for the treasonous fascist manchild that owns the company.

Tesla's second biggest problem is their shit standards and quality control. Their first biggest problem is their shit corporate leadership.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I swear that every time I saw one, the people around would point and laugh. 100k+ to drive a car that is always broken and mocked by everyone is quite expensive.

[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this the one they let musk design? Feels like a Simpsons episode...

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess if Hitler was allowed to design a car, Musk didn't want to be left behind.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair to Hitler, his cars weren't trash

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And he's the guy who killed Hitler, so there's that.

[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

That's it! We need to retire that joke or at least give it a 8 year rest 🤣

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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