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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] 27 points 17 hours ago

Leon the Nazi can ask his dictator buddies, Abbott and the Orange Cockroach for a bailout.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Elon should offer to pay the tariff for new customers.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Have they tried pulling out the "Make a vehicle that's not a massive and shitty death trap," or "Boot the Nazi from the company" stops? Because, I suspect doing those two might help it out.

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[–] [email protected] 304 points 1 day ago (24 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 171 points 1 day ago (42 children)

"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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago

And the cybertruck is hardly a pickup truck. What were you saying?

[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 day ago (17 children)

I don't think I'd call that thing a pickup. I'm not gonna run to the farm and pick up a 1000lb bale of hay in that thing. A Baja looks like it has more bed space.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 21 hours ago (7 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

At least the Wolkswagen was egineered properly. I don't see anyone continuing to use this design after the war.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Who the hell buys a cybertruck anyway ?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

Obviously no one, hence the article.

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

Youtuber it seems.

[–] floofloof 132 points 1 day ago (12 children)

The best thing they could do for their sales is get rid of all ties to Elon Musk.

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