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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To be fair, it's valid to cater to niche markets.

However, that wasn't what Tesla was aiming to do.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

cybertruck is barely even a truck at all. its a truck shaped car for rich assholes to look rugged.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Try and fail to look rugged. They just end up looking like the douche nozzles they are.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

They're a comedy show on wheels. They always lighten my mood when I see them. I'm a little smug too, knowing if I had that much money to blow, it wouldn't be on one of those.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Which is a very niche market. I'm not part of that market.