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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They? (www.wired.com)

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“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wanted an electric truck that cost less than most cars. The cyber truck is not that truck and tesla is not the same company that promised that truck years ago

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, they are the same company. Nothing about them changed They just removed their veil and showed the world who they actually are.

All companies like, will stab you in the back for profit but they hide it (or try) because they need your money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Are you talking about Elon or the actual company? Because I’m not sure what Tesla revealed to the world, that they were hiding from us?

The Cybertruck has always been a stupid car though imho. It’s not even legal in Europe lol

Companies make stupid shit all the time. That doesn’t mean they can’t also make good shit. But another stupid thing Tesla has done lately is removing the sticks at the steering wheel. I mean wtf are they smoking?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is the F150 Lightning that expensive? I have no idea what normal pricing is in the US. But they don't seem very pricy for what you get?

[–] phdepressed 5 points 1 week ago

F150 lightning is about 63K for the base model. It was also not available until 2022 (announced in 2021). The tesla cybertruck, 82K base, was first announced in 2019 (not manufactured til 2023).

For it to be cheaper than an average new car in 2019 it would have to be under $37,000. For it to be cheaper than an average new car now it'd have to be under 48.6K

That's a lot of thousands before the electric savings win out.