It's because they are screwed on, so after a certain amount of forwards driving, you're meant to do a bit of reversing to screw them back up. TIs design didn't work well in hindsight
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Cybertruck is so futuristic it doesn't even have wheels!
that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
There's a minimum crew size.
Maybe they can tow these trucks out of the environment
No cardboard, for one
Apparently it is, in this case.
173
Yep ALL 173 cars sold!!
There's a reason the Cybertruck sales aren't public.
That's only the rear wheel drive ones. There are still plenty of other idiots who were dumb enough to put down even more money for the prior more expensive variants.
Of course it's only the rear wheel drive ones, that's what this is all about?!
Still it's lame to only sell 173 of a cheaper version, the sales on day 1 should have been higher than that.
There are still plenty of other idiots who were dumb enough to put down even more money
Not so much, sales of Cybertruck have been plummeting, already last year they dropped 48%. And this year will probably be worse.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-sales-elon-musk/
That 48% loss is allegedly the biggest drop of any EV in 2025. And that is despite Musk bought up Cybertrucks himself through SpaceX. Boosting sales by more than 1300 Cybertrucks in the 4th quarter alone!
Meaning that Musk bought 20% of the Cybertrucks sold in Q4 2025 himself. 🤣 🤣 🤣
They are kind of public:
Tesla sold 20,237 Cybertrucks in 2025, down from 38,965 the previous year, according to figures from Kelley Blue Book's annual electric vehicle (EV) sales reports.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-sales-elon-musk/
Yes kind of, but that's not the same as being public, but a report based on 3rd party information.
The official Tesla Cybertruck numbers are bunched together with Model S and Model X.
Which is also why the very poor sales of the cheaper model is news.
Didn’t they also run some giant sales scam in Canada to fraudulently claim tax credits for fake EV sales? Where they were claiming dealerships were selling like 200 cars a day?
Yes indeed they did, and Tesla came under investigation and the tax deductions were withdrawn as fraudulent.
I am not aware of the result of the investigation, but I bet Tesla would have advertised it if they were cleared.
All I want is a good truck where the wheels don't a fly off while you're driving
Yes, Elon is a dick. But this is hardly novel. Car recalls related to wheel assembly issues are pretty common e.g. Mercedes and Toyota and plenty of others. In this case Tesla identified this strain based issue in preproduction testing but failed to apply the eco to production due to a management error and then discovered it in audits and then issued the recall. No accidents or even any definitive customer issues occurred from this. So now the customers just have to go in to the dealer for a fix, which is a pain but they still end up going in for service way less than with any ice. Hate Tesla all you want, but don't fabricate garbage engineering outrage.
Wheels might fall off? Is that a cartoon car?
Between Whompy Wheels and the steering wheel coming flying off, I'm like 50% sure the engineers are doing it on purpose.
Ah, The Toyota BZ4X strategy, I see Wheels = more weight = less range.
Lol 😂
🤣🤣🤣
lulz