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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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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

got treasure money now, no need to sell overpriced junk

[-] noxypaws@pawb.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

pulls out all the stops

I'm surprised those weren't optional, paid DLC

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

Not even Hitler would buy one. He's got too much self-respect than to associate with Elon.

I saw my first cybertruck in traffic yesterday, I initially thought that some redneck had every part you need to make a car except for the frame and body, and was like "I don't need none of that fancy shit, I got square tube and steel plate!" and welded together the laziest design they could think of. Then I realized it was just a cybertruck, and promptly laughed at it.

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[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Probably would have helped if it didn't look cobbled together out of sheet metal for a low-budget post-apocalypse movie. I picture Humungus standing up in it chasing Mel Gibson.

[-] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Has Elon Musk tried not being a fascist plutocrat?

[-] knighthawk0811@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Leon Skum is doing his best

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

I thought you were talking about me for a hot second…

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Have they tried making a good car?

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