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Remember those million pre-orders Tesla allegedly had for the Cybertruck, according to CEO Elon Musk? It's getting tougher and tougher for the company to explain where all of them went.

After putting around 50,000 Cybertrucks on the road, according to a recent recall filing, the company appears to be out of pre-orders and desperately looking to juice demand. Case in point: It's now offering up to $10,000 off certain Cybertrucks it has in inventory.

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[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I mean, as far as I know Rivians aren't that bad. Disclaimer I have done very little research I just know they look cool and aren't owned by Musk.

[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

My beef with Rivian is one I shared with Tesla- their chargers are closed to other brands. That's a mask-off move in my opinion. It's a business decision, not a technical one.

[-] Aeri@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

This might not be realistic, but if I had any electric vehicle, #1 item that would be in my trunk 24/7 is a portable charger and a long ass cable so I could eventually get going no matter what.

But also it says you can charge the car at "any public charger" including their "Adventure network" and tesla superchargers.

Any transportation technology that isn't like, public seems like pick your poison to me, I was never happy about having to buy modern automobiles with spy chips that report your sexuality to the manufacturer for some reason.

[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

The 2nd paragraph is my problem- they can use the public chargers, but the public can't use theirs. They say they're opening it up, but it hasn't happened yet and they're only doing it because their plan failed.

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