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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)
submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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] 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

LOL. I have a truck for towing and other truck-related things and am quite happy to help others with aforementioned truck activities when asked. The amount of times I get upset when people don't call me to do truck things is like, hmmmm let's see....zero. It is zero times. A shrug is all I might manage to evoke from the drama.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It was the weirdest shit. He doesn't know anything about towing or hauling. His cybertruck is the first truck like vehicle he has ever owned and for some reason his ego tells him he's qualified to help. Its probably his total lack of experience that caused his upset.

To redeem him a bit he is incredibly willing to help people. He's just got more money than brains and experience lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Yah, I was about to mention ego being very much involved in all of this from the purchase of the "truck" to feeling spurned by not being asked to help. My ego would be hard-pressed to avoid educating him. Politely, of course.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Do you get upset when people move without calling you? 😄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

Yes! Shouldn't your parents tell you before you come home from school???