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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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[-] ThermonuclearCactus 14 points 2 months 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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[-] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

There were stops left that could be removed from Cybertrucks, still?

[-] Red_October@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Yeah because they were showing such restraint before.

[-] ian@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago

I knew they should have built a real smoke and engine noise generator into the cyber truck. So that all those who insist on polluting, don't have to be left out.

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago

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

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

got treasure money now, no need to sell overpriced junk

[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

Now if I could just get my 6YO to stop fawning over them.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Hmm... i can't blame them. The cybertruck does look like a 6yo's drawing of a car.

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

Has Elon Musk tried not being a fascist plutocrat?

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

pulls out all the stops

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

[-] Theonetheycall1845@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

In the words of a wise yellow character HA HA

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