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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] 181 points 1 day ago (11 children)
[–] [email protected] 144 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 19 hours ago
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[–] [email protected] 133 points 1 day ago (9 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

[–] [email protected] 85 points 23 hours ago (9 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

[–] [email protected] 66 points 23 hours ago (12 children)

No social media is a green flag IMO.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 21 hours ago

Being honest, if I heard about a woman that has cybertruck red flags (assuming you're cis/het), that's genuinely more attractive to me.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 22 hours ago

The Swasticar!

[–] [email protected] 563 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 237 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 214 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I was referencing how Elon is suing companies for not wanting to advertise on X. But this is amazing, too.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 22 hours ago

Tesla may also refuse to sell you any future vehicles

Oh no 😥

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 20 hours ago

A couple weeks ago I drove past a Tesla dealership in Northern California. They must have had a dozen of these dumpsters lined up out front.

[–] [email protected] 313 points 1 day ago (24 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.

[–] [email protected] 178 points 1 day ago (59 children)

"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

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have they tried pulling out the "Make a vehicle that's not a massive and shitty death trap," or "Boot the Nazi from the company" stops? Because, I suspect doing those two might help it out.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 21 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I wish journalist would stop calling this PS 1 Pontiac Aztek "futuristic"; it just highlights how shitty our future is going to be.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

I wonder how Tesla sales in Israel are going?

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