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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] 65 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I wish journalist would stop calling this PS 1 Pontiac Aztek "futuristic"; it just highlights how shitty our future is going to be.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I mean it would fit well in Robocop or The Running man so I guess it counts

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Both shitty visions of the future. Well the movie for Running Man took place 6-8 years ago, and the book takes place this year which could count as "future" since we're only in February.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

So things are going to go downhill real fast, is what you're saying

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

I'm thinking more omikron the nomad soul lmao.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

It would certainly fit this version of Robocop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

That's retro-futuristic, a very different thing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

Ironically, the Aztek is way better, despite its age...