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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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[-] ricketyrackets@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago

Maybe they should include free Nazi salute lessons with each purchase and a bottle of Kentucky bourbon to get all the backwater inbred hicks on board to help spur sales of the swastitruck?

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[-] Kiwi_fella@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

Is that "all stops", as in they will get rid of that guy who very definitely did a Nazi salute?

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[-] ThermonuclearCactus 14 points 1 day ago

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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[-] superkret@feddit.org 563 points 2 days ago

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

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 239 points 2 days ago
[-] superkret@feddit.org 218 points 2 days ago

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

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[-] GuitarSon2024@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago

Well if they'd stop putting signage with "Arbeit Macht Frei" over the entrance to their factories maybe they'd do better.

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Tesla made 2.8 billion last year from selling regulatory credits. So they really didn't have to care how many cars they sold. But those surely are going away, so they are going to have to do some other government handout, which Elon is probably hand picking right now.

[-] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

The massive, massive difference is that the VW Beetle wasn't a shitbox for rich people. It's okay to say that once in a great while. the Nazis, despite being horrific in most ways, did have an idea that wasn't bad and this was that. The VW Beetle was an affordable car and if something went wrong with it, you could probably fix it yourself with only a small amount of automotive knowledge. You really don't even need to give Hitler credit for that considering he basically just told Ferdinand Porsche to do all the hard work.

Not so much the Cybertruck. It was Elon's baby from the beginning and he took a very close personal interest in it.

The Cybertruck is a bad idea. Even for rich people. It's been demonstrated over and over again.

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[-] booganiganie@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago

Bit like Elon, Never lived up to the hype

[-] JordanZ@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 311 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] hildegarde 177 points 2 days ago

"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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[-] froh42@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Tesla just needs a new slogan or a good marketing campaign.

Something like:

Tesla - power by joy

Or "Kraft durch Freude" in German.

All that would perfectly fit the brand image.

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[-] neineon77 129 points 2 days ago

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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[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 25 points 1 day ago

i wonder when ol stinky starts pushing somekind of law that makes it mandatory to buy one

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[-] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 70 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

In the words of a wise yellow character HA HA

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

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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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[-] nevemsenki@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago
[-] SDK@midwest.social 72 points 2 days ago

The Swasticar!

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