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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 61 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

No thank you. I don't want a swasticar.

I'd love to have one of those new production old style beetles. But we can't buy them here because our govt sucks donkey dick.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (9 children)

You mean this style of beetle? Nazi Germany unveiling of the new beetle 1930s

I'm not defending cybertruck just wanted to point out the awkward history of WV

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

VOLKSwagen!

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Good News: Now the nazi who owns the company can, via his role in the nazi government which he bought, can bail himself out.

🙃

(fuck this timeline)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 14 hours ago (12 children)

Even if you ignore the politics it's just a terrible car that is way too expensive. I'm honestly surprised it sold any units at all but I guess people just like vanity toys.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

It's hard to find insurance for it, it's objectively terrible at its job, that's very few mechanics that can service it, It isn't available in Europe, it has terrible quality control issues, It is made by a company with terrible customer service, and it is made by Nazi

So many reasons not to buy it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

Made by under-paid awesome people that got themselves stuck working for an idiotic wannabe pseudo-Nazi.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

I wonder how Tesla sales in Israel are going?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 12 hours ago

Yeah because they were showing such restraint before.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Who would have thought the preorders all dried up when they advertised it at $39,900 but launched it at $60,990.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

Have they actually sold any for that little?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Were people allowed to cancel orders due to that price hike?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

Yep…

Until your Cybertruck is delivered, you may cancel your reservation at any time and receive a full refund of your pre-order payment.

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[–] Sprocketfree 70 points 18 hours ago (11 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 69 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 180 points 21 hours ago (11 children)

Nazi truck.

[–] [email protected] 144 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 133 points 20 hours ago (30 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

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