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[–] ironhydroxide 159 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So then they have $0 worth of cybertrucks.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I wish the article would tell us how many units instead, for this very reason.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Last I remember they sold for $80k, plus that makes the math trivial, so... 10000 vehicles?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Wow that has so much more impact to me, I can really visualise the endless parking lots full of them.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's literally in the second sentence of the article.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Just looked again and you're right lmao. I did read it, but somehow missed it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

No, we don't want the article to make us read. We want the article to grab our heads, pull our ears out and talk the information directly into our faces. You know, "tell us."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Or report their value as the scrap value or cost of materials

[–] anomnom 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

-$800 million those weren’t free to build.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

$0 worth

I'd be willing to pay that for a cyberdump. Wouldn't mind the pubic lovingly trashing it either. It even traps passengers while burning like a complimentary self-cleaning oven feature. The disposal fee might be a bitch.

On further thought, it might not be worth it.

[–] anomnom 4 points 2 days ago

Id strip it for parts and convert a classic car with one if the price was right. (Free)

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Came here just to upvote you.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If no one wants them, they're not worth anything.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

Cut to the Trump administration buying them all for $250,000 each.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

There's always scrap metal and selling the batteries for other purposes!

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

he probably does eat shit too. there's probably some ultra rich bullshit delicacy that is like essence of baby turds or something that has stem cells and electrolytes.

fuck him and his digestibaby shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

And entire production lines configured to produce shit nobody wants.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Then why the hell is the stock back over $300?!?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

Because modern stock market is not controlled by buying and selling but rather by derivative markets esp off the book derivatives

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

The Boring Company is propping up the price with the sales of NotAFlameThrowers to DOGE.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

i flipped off two of these nazi dumpsters today

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yet their stock went up 20% past week...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

The stock price isn't an accurate representation of the worth of the company. It's an accurate representation of the amount of bullshit the company CEO is filled with.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

The economy is based on vibes and not the true value. However that doesn't mean they aren't allowed to borrow against those vibes, to avoid taxes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

So did other stocks. The Dotard flip-flopped on tariffs again.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

waiting for someone to officially label them the DeLorean of the 21st century.

Please, nobody insult the DeLorean this way.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Tbh I'd take one for free. It might look kinda cool in my garden with plants growing out of it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

i would keep the battery, buy some solar panels, an inverter for my house, and sell the chassis as scrap metal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ehhhh, that would require a cybertruck to look cool though.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sell them to ocean shipping companies .... they can tie a chain around them and use them as boat anchors

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They'd probably (definitely) suck at that too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Watch them rust quickly in salty water

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

if nobody wants them, they're not worth $800million

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

All those preorders cancelled bc they lied about the price and the quality doesn’t match. Tesla was doing fine until the CEO got involved. Idk why those assholes wanted to give him billions of dollars as a bonus. Just absurd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

they probably want his name to be still have some recognition, because Xitter is a very useful tool for the right to control the supporters, that is more valuable than tesla.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I'd pay five thousand dollars for one. Round off the sharp corners and put a Honda sign on it and BOOM I beat capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Mobile dumpsters? Port o potties for the homeless? The possibilities are endless.

There’s probably a tax write off in there somewhere for Elon. Nice silver lining.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Yes and now the stock is back above 300. I really don't understand these meme stocks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No wonder they're begging police departments to buy them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

A part of me wants the police to have them so they can be a cluster fuck for them to maintain.

Unfortunately, they'll maintain it with my tax dollars.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

They're hideous, the places with a population that could afford them mostly view them as a social black mark, and in terms of utility - they're worse than just about any truck out there. It's not about max towing weight. It's about not being able to stack and strap a shit ton of stuff in there

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