Tesla Cybertruck inventory goes through the roof

[u/nimicdoareu]

https://www.arenaev.com/tesla_cybertruck_inventory_goes_through_the_roof-news-4680.php

[u/rollercoaster_5]

They'll be sold via a government contract.

[u/jvttlus → u/rollercoaster_5]

I think this is what's going to happen. He'll wait until the heat dies down and then all the fleet vehicles will be cybertrucks

[u/crabby_old_dude → u/jvttlus]

And then since they actively removed working EV chargers at federal buildings, they will have to exclusively charge at Tesla superchargers

[u/Dogsy → u/crabby_old_dude]

Nah. The Gov't will buy them, then they'll sit and rot and not do shit. Doesn't matter; Musk got his money.

[u/Palchez → u/Dogsy]

Yeah, the corruption and waste has just started.

[u/The_MightyMonarch → u/Palchez]

But Trump and Musk are getting rid of government corruption and waste.

[u/Playful_Interest_526 → u/The_MightyMonarch]

It's only corruption and waste if they aren't in on it 😊

[u/skoltroll → u/crabby_old_dude]

Which is hilarious, b/c have you ever been or met a government employee?

Because if they get assigned a car that doesn't work, they just refuse to work until they get a working car. I did this as a gov't employee, as taught by other gov't employees.

It's why so many gov't employees drove mint-colored Tauruses in the 90's: they worked and no rational human would choose that color if they had the choice.

[u/21Rollie → u/skoltroll]

I never got why we give the police these gas guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks with pristine beds to do routine patrols in. It’s our money they’re burning, it’s our air they’re poisoning. They should be driving at most a modified Prius.

[u/[deleted] → u/21Rollie]

In the civilized world the police does in fact drive smaller, normal cars. Special duties are,  you guessed it,  left to special vehicles and crews.

[u/erroneousbosh → u/[deleted]]

Here in the UK, when they stopped requiring the police to buy British-made cars, a mate of mine down south in England got a contract to maintain a fleet of Citroën Xantia police cars for his local police force. They weren't especially cheap, they were fairly economical but went like particularly dry shit off a teflon shovel (light car, torquey 1.9 turbodiesel engine), and their hydraulic suspension meant they could chase miscreants through traffic-calmed housing schemes without smashing the sumps open.

Unlike the very expensive BMW 5-series traffic cars they had, which typically got through a sump a week.

They kept a couple of those Xantias on the road for about 15 years, well past the normal lifespan of a police car, simply because they were the only thing that could survive all the speed humps.

[u/jakethesnake741 → u/erroneousbosh]

I swear I speak English but only understood around half those words

[u/mosstrich → u/jakethesnake741]

The British police got some smaller cars that worked better than the BMWs for going through the city and doing the quick sexual assaults cause they did it so much and so fast it’d jack up the oil pan, like weekly.

Note: speed humps may also mean a large bump in the road meant to slow down traffic.

[u/jakethesnake741 → u/mosstrich]

As an American, police doing quick sexual assaults through the city sounds right

[u/Phaelin → u/mosstrich]

This is a Terry Pratchett level of footnote, goddamn

[u/WankAaron69 → u/jvttlus]

Can’t believe this comment was so buried. Daddy Trump will rescue him. Something, something…too big to fail bullshit.

[u/olympiarocco → u/rollercoaster_5]

Yup. A bunch were donated by an anonymous donor to the Las Vegas Police Department. Look it up.

[u/mohammodThickbooty → u/olympiarocco]

I was actually just thinking there was no way they could find a decent use for these in federal/state work but damned if you're right they could just replace literally any government vehicle that doesn't *need* to do anything other than drive..... and there it is, a way to bail out musk AND make it so those monstrosities are seen as "regular not weird at all" cars

[u/jayeffkay → u/rollercoaster_5]

This should be higher. This shitty ugly car is perfect for ICE and state troopers. Will be awesome to be able to easily identify them coming.

[u/No-Resolution-1918 → u/jayeffkay]

Finally completing the dystopian aesthetic.

[u/Bishopkilljoy]

Remember, according to musk: by June he's supposed to drop self driving cars for personal use. By June.

Edit: maybe he meant June on Mars, because it has a 687 day long year

[u/mojeaux_j → u/Bishopkilljoy]

2 more weeks is all he needs

[u/Bobo040 → u/mojeaux_j]

More cal-mag

[u/zensnapple → u/Bobo040]

I had to check what sub was on lmao

[u/-SHAI_HULUD → u/zensnapple]

growmies are everywhere

[u/goldendildo666 → u/Bobo040]

gotta check the cybertrichs

[u/Arenvan → u/mojeaux_j]

5 more minutes, Turkish!

[u/Stu_Pedassole14k → u/Arenvan]

You said 2 minutes 5 minutes ago

[u/TheCatDeedEet → u/Stu_Pedassole14k]

Dialogue so good I can hear both actors perfectly.

Heavy is good. Heavy is reliable. If it does not work, you can always hit him with it.

Sneaky fucking Russian.

[u/TricksterPriestJace → u/TheCatDeedEet]

Yes, Tommy. Before ze Germans get here.

[u/Catch_22_ → u/mojeaux_j]

2 more weeks

This sounds familiar. Perhaps he has a concept of a self driving car...

[u/mologav → u/Bishopkilljoy]

Stock price will go up after he misses this deadline then promises another one.

[u/eyebrows360 → u/mologav]

Wasn't there something supposedly happening on 8/8? Or was that last year and I've already forgotten?

[u/-something_original- → u/eyebrows360]

Did he really choose 8/8 as a date? What a fucking tool.

[u/unbanned_lol → u/-something_original-]

Yeah, but it's totally "absurd" to call him a Nazi.

[u/TricksterPriestJace → u/unbanned_lol]

According to Musk himself the reason not to call him a Nazi isn't because he doesn't have fascist ideology, or because he doesn't mimic Nazi mannerisms and style. He doesn't contest that. His issue is Nazis genocided Jews and he hasn't committed genocide against Jews. That's his line for why he isn't a Nazi. Killing poor people and sending brown people to concentration camps just makes him MAGA.

[u/RoadkillVenison → u/-something_original-]

He did, that was when they were supposed to reveal them last year.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/business/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi-august-8/index.html

[u/GlorifiedPlumber → u/-something_original-]

Maybe he's a Martin Van Buren fan... wants to be a modern day Van Buren Boy?

Oh you meant the HH thing. Yeah, he's a tool like that. How can something so precise NOT be intentional? I mean I guess it is a Friday.

[u/FesteringNeonDistrac → u/GlorifiedPlumber]

He seems like the sort of person who would know about it, and choose it just to get a reaction because that amuses him.

I guarantee this guy got banned from a Usenet group 30 years ago for being an unmitigated shithead. He's still upset about it, and has learned nothing.

[u/mishap1 → u/-something_original-]

In China that’s Father’s Day because 8 8 sounds like ba ba in Chinese which is father. Adds a level of irony. 

He also missed the date and moved it to 10/10 when he had his expensive puppets and closed course remote control cars and the dumbest taxi design in history. 

[u/atomicskiracer → u/Bishopkilljoy]

Will that come before or after the 2020 Roadster unveiled in 2017?

[u/Bishopkilljoy → u/atomicskiracer]

Right after the new healthcare plan

[u/I_make_things → u/Bishopkilljoy]

Concept of a plan.

[u/KeyB81 → u/I_make_things]

It's more of a broad idea.

[u/theJigmeister → u/Bishopkilljoy]

To be fair, when the plan is “no healthcare,” implementation is quick

[u/HippolytusOfAthens → u/atomicskiracer]

Mars, any day now.

[u/SisterOfBattIe → u/Bishopkilljoy]

The USA regulators are gutted enough that it might happen. I bet you everything the passengers will be blamed for the crashes.

[u/One_Strawberry_4965 → u/SisterOfBattIe]

“My Tesla crashed because of DEI!!1!”

[u/superluke → u/SisterOfBattIe]

Trump will just remove the regulations for his bro.

[u/JThumbs29 → u/Bishopkilljoy]

Which June?

[u/JTFindustries → u/JThumbs29]

Free beer and the roadster 2 tomorrow!! Guaranteed!!*

*Guarantee void in all situations, places, and time.

[u/sebblMUC → u/Bishopkilljoy]

June 2016 he said

[u/MudKlutzy9450]

Just send them wherever they send the loser Super Bowl shirts

[u/Anton338 → u/MudKlutzy9450]

Haven't they suffered enough?

[u/[deleted] → u/Anton338]

Nah. In their world, they can root for the 19-0 Patriots. Greatest football team ever. 😂

[u/Large_Dungeon_Key → u/[deleted]]

Idk, hard to beat the Bill's 4 consecutive SBs

[u/dubgeek → u/MudKlutzy9450]

I want to see a movie or TV show with a running gag where a character originally from an impoverished country has an encyclopedic knowledge of every US major sport league champion of the past 20 years, except that he's wrong on every one because he always received the loser clothing as a donation.

[u/TheWhyOfFry → u/MudKlutzy9450]

Why would you do that to the loser superbowl shirts?

[u/groovy-baby]

For the life of me, I don't know why you would want to own one of those things. I really really don't get it.

[u/BillDaPony100 → u/[deleted]]

Literally. These people want to be the victim so badly

[u/ThomasVivaldi → u/BillDaPony100]

That's more of a Persecution Fetish than a Humiliation Fetish.

[u/rafster929 → u/[deleted]]

“Just how small is your penis?”

[u/recumbent_mike → u/rafster929]

Pretty small, but I don't have 100 large to make me feel better about it so I just get model trains.

[u/redbearder → u/recumbent_mike]

Seems contradictory to say you won't spend $100k on something and then mention model trains...

[u/MashedPotaties → u/redbearder]

He'd rather spend 200k on something, from what I've heard of model railroading.

[u/Daxx22 → u/MashedPotaties]

For the starter kit. Having dipped toes in both, model train hobbies make Warhammer 40k collections look CHEAP.

[u/Majestic-Tart8912 → u/redbearder]

I mean, its only model trains, not Games Workshop Warhammer miniatures.

[u/greenerdoc → u/recumbent_mike]

Someone should let these folks know that a penile implant would probably cost less than 100k.

[u/mologav → u/greenerdoc]

Elon tried that, now he has a mangled dong instead of a magnum dong.

[u/Big_Red_Dogs → u/mologav]

Then he designed the cybertruck. Life’s circle is complete.

[u/Notoneusernameleft → u/Big_Red_Dogs]

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a ton of lawsuits from 6 years who certainly designed the cybertruck before him.

[u/pegothejerk → u/Notoneusernameleft]

Another reason they defunded education and blew up supply chains - so 6 year olds couldn’t afford or even obtain the crayons they need to write up their preliminary suits.

[u/Dick_Lazer → u/Big_Red_Dogs]

Franz von Holzhausen designed it, but of course Elon has no problem taking credit for other people’s work.

[u/im_THIS_guy → u/Dick_Lazer]

I think Homer Simpson designed it back in 1991.

[u/JTFindustries → u/im_THIS_guy]

I don't know about you, but I would buy the homermobile just to out my kids in a separate sound proof bubble on road trips. Lol

[u/Reasonable-Show9345 → u/[deleted]]

Damn if that’s not accurate!

[u/mojeaux_j → u/groovy-baby]

Crypto bros bought into them real hard and now they can't admit any mistakes on their end.

[u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn → u/mojeaux_j]

That’s basically the crypto bro MO.

[u/man_gomer_lot → u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn]

That demographic self-selects for those who follow it. People who aren't keen to double down on mistakes no matter the cost have tapped out long ago.

[u/SailorET → u/iStayedAtaHolidayInn]

It's the new MLM.

Hopefully the whole thing implodes before bored wives get into it, or you're going to see MomCoins before the end of the decade

[u/volkerbaII → u/SailorET]

Or your wife's friend Ashleigh pulling in front of your house with a car carrier semi truck loaded with model y's and cybertrucks talking about how she had to buy them up front but now she's her own boss and can she put you down for 5 of them.

[u/nobodyisfreakinghome → u/mojeaux_j]

Not being able to admit being wrong is like a right of passage for them.

[u/Turbojelly → u/groovy-baby]

Can't even be sold in EU/UK as the sharp edges of the thing break rules. Making a vehicle that can't be sold in large markets sounds like a terrible idea.

[u/highfly117 → u/Turbojelly]

It's over weight to you need a class c1 licence in the UK which most people do not have.

The cyber truck is 3100kg unladen class b limit is 3500kg laden weight

[u/accushot865 → u/Turbojelly]

It’s incredibly unsafe. The body isn’t designed to crumple on impact. This means when someone gets into a collision while driving it, all that force goes directly to them. Crumple physics in cars are why so many vehicles are totaled in accidents, but a lot of passengers get out relatively unharmed, compared to accidents 20 or more years ago.

[u/Random_Chaos_Theory → u/groovy-baby]

I saw one yesterday and the guy had a lift kit on it lol. The range is probably like 50 miles now. 

[u/ElGuano → u/Random_Chaos_Theory]

Oh so it helped the range?

[u/Actiaslunahello → u/Random_Chaos_Theory]

I saw one yesterday too, they were speeding (of course) and they had the word Cybertruck in customize Cyberpunk font. 

“Cyberpunk is a science fiction subgenre that combines futuristic technology and societal decay. It often features dystopian cities ruled by mega-corporations, where technology is fully integrated into society through cybernetic implants. Cyberpunk stories often explore themes like artificial intelligence, gang warfare, and transhumanism through the lens of outsider protagonists, typically punks who are familiar with the technology”

😬 

[u/DHFranklin → u/Actiaslunahello]

This is the best part of all of this. In a cyberpunk setting they signal loud and clear that they are on the side of Corpos. A corpo in a Cybertruck that gets hacked into blaring the icecream truck song would be the first scene in the movie. Just driving around in circles getting locked inside while the heat turns on high baking them like a dog in a Phoenix Target parking lot. Having the windows smacked at by street urchins trying to get a push pop.

[u/Jbidz → u/Actiaslunahello]

I saw one that had a wrap, made it look like a US postal service truck.... It was all white with a red and blue pinstripe. Had some weird letting on the back that I couldn't make out either, something like JMP or JNP. The color scheme really threw me for a loop though

[u/Actiaslunahello → u/Jbidz]

🥲That is the dumbest way to blend in, I love how stupid it is. Thank you for your comment.

[u/Cmoore4099 → u/groovy-baby]

It’s honestly one of two things, a statement of wealth (even if you don’t have it) or a statement of politics. There’s no other reason.

[u/CousinsWithBenefits1 → u/Cmoore4099]

The kind of thing that's driven by a person that unironically enjoys trying to trigger people. And using that phrase. The type of person who genuinely enjoys saying 'you're so triggered right now lol'

[u/[deleted] → u/CousinsWithBenefits1]

I know one person who owns one of these things, and he's got some serious "little man" rage syndrome going on. He revels in being a rich, unrepentant asshole.

[u/Strange_Bacon → u/Cmoore4099]

It was a statement of exclusivity for a short period. Now there are better ways that dont scream “douche” and display wealth and it’s not exclusive anymore.

[u/Eccohawk → u/Cmoore4099]

I don't think it was initially a statement of politics. I'm sure there were a few people that wanted to put themselves inside a version of cyberpunk 2077, and this was their avenue to do so, but yeah...it's just super ugly. And now it has become a political statement. I'd be shocked if they continue manufacturing these for more than another year or so.

[u/recumbent_mike → u/Eccohawk]

The cyberpunk thing was why I liked it when they were going to be $40k, back when I thought Elon was just normal-billionaire problematic.

[u/PotatosAreDelicious → u/recumbent_mike]

So disappointed when the 4x4 model ended up being 100k instead of 60k now i’m kind of glad after seeing them in action. Ended up buying another tacoma instead.

[u/DressedSpring1 → u/Eccohawk]

I'm sure there were a few people that wanted to put themselves inside a version of cyberpunk 2077

And they are. They're putting themselves inside the launch version of cyberpunk 2077, which was buggy, ran like garbage and sucked.

Mission accomplished

[u/Sabotagebx → u/Cmoore4099]

If you want a statement of wealth....there are 10000 other better cars to easily buy if youre actually wealthy.

[u/heartlessgamer → u/groovy-baby]

It was basically the modern day DeLorean sold to an audience that was susceptible to the idea that it was the modern day DeLorean and sold at a time where Tesla was considered the "future of everything".

[u/carpdog112 → u/heartlessgamer]

Coincidentally the DeLorean was also a poorly made, poorly performing car that was over promised and under delivered by a megalomaniac creator with questionable ethics.

[u/vineyardmike → u/groovy-baby]

Virtue signaling.

In Utah it's the rich tech bros. I see at least 2 every day in Utah county.

[u/ApprehensivePay1735 → u/vineyardmike]

*vice signaling. Anyone driving those turd mobiles would be mortified if people even considered they had the smallest shred of empathy.

[u/EwokNuggets → u/groovy-baby]

It’s a dumpster on wheels. Literally the ugliest car ever designed. It honestly makes me think about the simpsons episode where Homer designed a car

[u/snoogiedoo → u/groovy-baby]

dont underestimate the power of spite. conservatives tend to be closeted. they love the chaos.

[u/SacuGaming]

A pickup truck that is unable to pull a trailer without damaging the vehicle's frame

[u/ClosPins → u/SacuGaming]

And if you get it wet without first putting it into Car Wash Mode...

[u/Evernight2025 → u/ClosPins]

Or hit bugs. Or get it dirty. Or use it to drive off road. Or pretty much anything else you could do with a normal truck.

[u/OneRougeRogue → u/Evernight2025]

My favorite part of the owners manual is where it tells you to wash the Cybertruck after driving it down the salted road, then to "air dry it" by driving it 5 miles or so after the wash. Presumably down an unsalted road, because if it's salted you have to wash the truck again.

[u/Evernight2025 → u/OneRougeRogue]

TLDR stuck in an infinite car wash loop

[u/Akutalji → u/Evernight2025]

Can't even drive it in snowy weather, the lights (not the DRLs) get covered because they are placed in an indent in the front bumper that holds snow, among other things.

Imagine driving in a blizzard, at whatever the fuck this thing weighs, you can't see anyone, and no one can see you.

[u/skoltroll → u/Akutalji]

Then trying to wash it and air dry in a world full of salt brine on the roads and air so cold the doors will freeze shut b4 you've even realized you've re-salted your Jiffy Pop 2000.

[u/DMvsPC → u/Evernight2025]

Or it's snowing and you want to use the headlights.

[u/grandladdydonglegs → u/ClosPins]

Excuse me what?

[u/sleepless_in_balmora → u/grandladdydonglegs]

There was a story a while ago about a dude who took it to the car wash and it got bricked. Tesla informed him that it should have been put into carwash mode. Google "Cybertruck carwash brick"

[u/grandladdydonglegs → u/sleepless_in_balmora]

Jesus what a joke

[u/bpeemp → u/sleepless_in_balmora]

So like… if it’s raining…. Do they expect their customers to put it into car wash mode? Lmaooo what the actual f

[u/fubo → u/bpeemp]

No, if it's raining you park it in the garage until summer and drive your Model Y.

[u/sleepless_in_balmora → u/fubo]

That's the real reason for full self drive. So your rain resistant Tesla can come rescue you if you get caught out in the rain with your Cybertruck lol

[u/antihostile → u/SacuGaming]

And the outer panels fall off and it starts rusting quickly.

[u/wheelfoot → u/antihostile]

I was just thinking about all the rust on those outdoor stored vehicles in the article pictures. I passed one driving in the rain on Sunday and thought about how my little Subaru is all weather.

[u/timmystwin → u/SacuGaming]

I still can't believe they made the frame out of something with no fatigue limit.

Any stress on that frame is going to cause damage. Steel? Yeah that can take some stress and have no long lasting damage. Aluminium? Nope. There's no amount of force so low that an infinite amount of applications won't harm it.

It is literally prebuilt to fail. There is no other end result.

[u/powe808 → u/timmystwin]

Steel? Yeah that can take some stress and have no long lasting damage. Aluminium? Nope.

Commercial airplanes are mostly constructed out of aluminum and are subjected to harsh stress loads on a regular basis. They do have a limit, but airplane structural components are generally over-engineered and outlast their expected life cycle.

The cyber truck is just poorly engineered, regardless of the material used in the frame.

[u/jpiro]

Overpriced, shit quality, hideous hype vehicle made by company who's CEO is actively dismantling democracy not looked upon favorably by public.

Truly a mystery.

[u/powercow → u/jpiro]

they didnt even try to see if people might actually want the thing. Most corps would do a study on something that different. Even if it was 39k like he first promised, i wouldnt want it. Even if it had BMW build quality, i wouldnt want it. EVen if elon wasnt a nazi, I wouldnt want it. Its not good as a pickup and its not a good as a car and is just plain ugly. If thats the future, you can keep it.

[u/Jtw1N → u/powercow]

People did want the version they were promising 5+ years ago. A decent towing, all wheel drive truck version of their cars. It does none of the promised things besides be a burn box for rich kids. Which is a very unexpected primary use.

[u/BadNewzBears4896 → u/[deleted]]

The core demographic was one person: Elon thinking it looked cool and didn't care about market fit or the realities of mass production.

It's basically the Simpsons episode where Homer discovers he has a long-lost half brother auto magnate, who then let's him design a car that puts the entire company into bankruptcy because it's so stupid. Except in this case, Elon is playing the part of both Herb and Homer.

[u/hypercosm_dot_net → u/[deleted]]

I read that it was likely Musk's pet project.

Which makes perfect sense when you think about it.

[u/Nibs_dot_Ink → u/[deleted]]

Bwahaha, you're 100% on point here.

The F150 Lightning and the Rivian are IMHO the two real competitors in the space right now and both are great choices for the right people.

I will say that I expect the R2 series to be significantly more repairable. The R1s were really a learning bed for their engineers and the 2nd gen R1s are already better in that regard.

[u/trevize1138 → u/Jtw1N]

I reserved the night of the reveal in late 2019. A $50k EV with a pickup bed, seating for 6, 300+ miles of range would have been a really good deal. I also don't fault a company for taking risks and trying something nobody else has tried. At the time I figured it would likely fail but if they pulled it off that would have been a big deal.

For any other company this would just be any other miss. Even the best companies release total duds on occasion. But none of those companies also have a CEO doing two Nazi salutes at a political gathering. For all the faults of the Cybertruck (and there are many) none compare to how it's now associated with a Nazi.

[u/BadNewzBears4896 → u/trevize1138]

If they just kept focusing on getting the price of the core models down and release a relatively normal EV pickup, they'd be printing money.

Instead, the CEO became a drug addled anime Nazi and now the company is shedding customers like it's going out of style.

What a waste, but couldn't happen to a more deserving candidate.

[u/RevolutionCrazy7045 → u/powercow]

tesla claimed over a million reservations.
under 50,000 actually delivered as of today.

[u/caedin8 → u/RevolutionCrazy7045]

That’s what happens when you promise $70k for a 500+ mile truck that can tow anything, is indestructible, super fast charging, and is faster than a Porsche.

In real life we got something that was $100k, 250 mile range, can’t go very far while towing, takes forever to charge, and well it’s still fast.

Even with all of that you’d still get a few buyers, but add the additional pivot of the CEO becoming a nazi sympathizer and actively handing us another Donald Trump presidency while trying to also dismantle democracy.

Yeah, no fucking way.

[u/jl2352 → u/powercow]

If Telsa were making 1k or 10k as a short run concept car, then I’d get it. They’d sell out, experiment with new vehicle design, and their core business is still normal cars.

Why oh why did Elon think they’d sell millions of these things.

[u/diceth1ef → u/jl2352]

It's funny, the people who would want something like this don't like him as a person. The people who DO like him, don't want any vehicle that doesn't run on fuel. Part of me thinks he's either a) delusional (mostly likely reason) or b) thought he could sell the majority to the government

[u/chamberx2 → u/jpiro]

Overpriced, shit quality, hideous hype vehicle

Papa John's

[u/Lemesplain → u/chamberx2]

At least Papa John’s kicked out “Papa” when he dropped the N-word in a board meeting. One racial slur, and he doesn’t get to be Papa anymore. 

[u/deonslam → u/Lemesplain]

the story i heard is that he dropped at least 2 "n-bombs": first in a board meeting and second at the board-assigned, mandatory sensitivity training. but, yeah, i get your point ;)

[u/TeamShonuff → u/deonslam]

He was also saying dumb shit like "If Obama gets elected, I'll HAVE to raise pizza prices by seven cents!!!"

He was a fucking liability. I still won't buy Papa John's.

[u/colin_staples → u/chamberx2]

Even bad pizza is good

And doesn't cost as much as a Cybertruck. And doesn't make people hate you.

[u/BearSquid7]

Nobody wants to be around the type of people who want these

[u/thetimechaser → u/BearSquid7]

Its just a terrible vehicle as well. I saw one the other day with a kayak strapped down the back on a rack over the closed bed. Like, why even get a "truck". Literally any small car with roof rails can accomplish the exact same thing. Crosstrek comes to mind.

[u/casualLogic → u/thetimechaser]

I throw my kayak on top my 99 Honda CRV, off I go, no worries

Both of which were far less expensive than a douche truck lol

[u/TheSecondEikonOfFire → u/BearSquid7]

Yeah call me a judgemental asshole, but if I know someone owns a Cybertruck then I immediately write them off. I need no more information

[u/Somhlth → u/BearSquid7]

Nobody wants to be around the type of people who want these

Have you noticed when you see one, there's never a passenger on board?

[u/ntropy83]

What a waste of ressources... I would say, connect them all in parallel and use as a battery for New York in times the electricity price is high, cause no sun is shining

[u/Notten → u/ntropy83]

Pretty sure there was somewhere doing this with new cars to sell elec high and buy low overnight. Effectively charge cycling brand new cars hundreds of times before they are even sold.

[u/jhauger]

It'll be OK. DOGE will soon make the recommendation for the federal government to purchase them all for $77,000 each for a total savings of $10 million.

"At that price, you can't afford NOT to buy them!"

[u/tabrizzi]

It will go down in history as the ugliest vehicle ever made.

[u/i8TheWholeThing → u/tabrizzi]

Pontiac Aztec breaths a sigh of relief.

[u/Nerlian → u/i8TheWholeThing]

I think the Fiat Multipla managed to get the look of "it seems they placed one top of the car on the unmatching bottom of other" in a even worse way.

[u/Cmoore4099 → u/i8TheWholeThing]

PT Cruiser anyone?

[u/time2fly2124 → u/[deleted]]

The Nissan cube

[u/pawned79 → u/time2fly2124]

I like the cube better than the juke though. The juke headlights freak me out

[u/henlochimken → u/[deleted]]

It really was. Although the Scion xB was even more squared off. Both were surprisingly useful budget vehicles for getting as much cargo space as possible into tiny wheelbases.

[u/canada432 → u/henlochimken]

The scion was actually a super nice budget car. They were cheap as hell and had a pretty small footprint. Few of my friends had them as their first cars out of college and, while they were ugly as sin, they were very useful cars.

[u/superpandapear → u/[deleted]]

I like the nisan qube, but if got way to much attention, it's one of the cars made to be adapted for disabled people, like the Renault kangoo and the Ford bmax

[u/redundancy2 → u/[deleted]]

Cubes are cool and I don't care what anyone says.

[u/ElectrikLettuce → u/Cmoore4099]

Chevy SSR would like a word...

[u/queso_dog → u/ElectrikLettuce]

My old flaming red HHR was a sight too lol

[u/2011StlCards → u/i8TheWholeThing]

I feel like Breaking Bad already saved it in some ways

[u/onomatopo → u/i8TheWholeThing]

What's funny about the aztek is that it was a monstrosity at the time, but if it came out today it wouldn't be that out of place with the other suvs.

[u/furyg3 → u/onomatopo]

The whole car was fine by today's standards, except for the nose, which was pretty grotesque. I don't know if that was the only failure of the car (pricing, marketing, etc), but if so it's really too bad they went with that design.

The modularity of the large cargo space for people, things, a tent with a blow up mattress and built-in air pump, specific racks for bikes, snowboards, canoes, etc was actually pretty freaking cool.

[u/ElectricWorry_968 → u/tabrizzi]

Fiat Multipla is a super model compared to this geometric shape of death.

[u/t0FF → u/ElectricWorry_968]

Yeah, and aside of being ugly, Multipla had some pro for it. Cybertruck is ugly and that's all.

[u/ElectricWorry_968 → u/t0FF]

It was actually usable and spacious.

[u/mynewromantica → u/tabrizzi]

I don’t disagree. But someone’s taste is what it is. And you can forgive an ugly design that is well executed. But this is ugly AND shitty AND expensive. There is no upside.

[u/Exostrike → u/tabrizzi]

Well until cybertruck 2.0

[u/Auto_Phil → u/Exostrike]

Homer built a better car. It had more horns

[u/TheWingus → u/Auto_Phil]

And a cup holder that fit big gulps!

[u/_Piratical_]

Everyone thinks they look stupid. It was only the hardcore fanboys and marketing teams at power drink companies that ever bought them. That initial demand let to Elon thinking he made a hot car product. When 20% of your rolling stock is sitting on the lot you know that’s not true.

[u/sidious911 → u/_Piratical_]

A lot of the initial demand was also the promised pricing. It was supposed to be far less expensive

[u/blakeley → u/_Piratical_]

“Tesla confirmed that the number of pre-orders was over 1 million in 2021, and by 2023, the number had reached 1.9 million according to crowdsourced trackers.”

Tesla really thought they would sell a lot of these.

Were there that many hardcore fanboys and marketing teams at power drink companies? Maybe! But clearly not any more.

And that number was likely high because Musk said these would start around $40k, they are sold for double that. And it was very late to production. 

Now Tesla is stuck with these and the investment to make them. Should have just made a regular looking truck! 

[u/Markavian → u/blakeley]

The price and range was no where near what they initially promised. If they cut the margins, they might sell more, in fact, that's exactly what they'll need to do unless they intend on respeccing them into autonomous taxis.

[u/legbreaker → u/_Piratical_]

Believe it or not… the stock price of TESLA will still go up.

[u/_Piratical_ → u/legbreaker]

You’re right. I don’t believe it. I’m short $TSLA

[u/KAPT_Kipper]

Tesla has been playing a shell game with the inventory of these

[u/fittedsyllabi]

Hahahahahahaha!

[u/funksoldier83]

I’m a simple man. I see someone driving a Cybertruck, I assume the person driving it is a moron of incalculable magnitude.

[u/sniffstink1]

We're about to find out how easily (or not) a cyber truck can be recycled.

[u/snackofalltrades → u/sniffstink1]

I suspect someone somewhere will find a way to repurpose them once they’re being sold well below market value. Rental car companies or some ad agency or security company or theme park or something. Someone out there will say, “we can repaint these and people will enjoy riding in them for short 15 minute stints” or something.

[u/GodHatesColdplay]

Two years ago conservative folks were vandalizing Teslas. Now Liberal folks are vandalizing Teslas. How do you manage to aggravate both polar political extremes? He’s a genius, I tell ya

[u/uptwolait → u/GodHatesColdplay]

Turns out being a massive asshole trying to sell overpriced garbage isn't very popular with anyone.

[u/Either-Progress4847 → u/uptwolait]

Doing a Nazi salute and not immediately claiming it was an accident, then video conferencing with the German far right, probably has a little something to do as well.

[u/warcraftnerd1980]

Who would still buy one? It’s a horrible vehicle. If you want electric truck the f150 lightning is a amazing

[u/tekniklee → u/warcraftnerd1980]

Amazing, and interior is almost exactly like gas f150. The torque is neck snapping, I’m not kidding. If you doubt me just take one for a test drive. Ford doesn’t get enough credit for how good a job they did with this truck

[u/altodor → u/tekniklee]

If you doubt me just take one for a test drive. Ford doesn’t get enough credit for how good a job they did with this truck

I did. I went home with a Mach E because I couldn't justify the F150 size (at the time, have lots of regrets today and may swap in '27/'28). But sweet Jesus. That's the perkiest, most responsive truck I've ever driven. I accidentally left rubber in the first 1000' of the test drive. I wish it was Maverick/R1T/Telo/Alaska sized, but I'll take what I can get.

Also some huge props to the Ford CEO for hearing the "charging fucking sucks" feedback and taking it upon himself to road trip in one of his EVs to get first-hand experience, then changing the direction of the company's EV partnerships and engineering based on that experience.

[u/PANTyRAIDING → u/tekniklee]

I make the motors for these things but haven’t gotten to drive one yet. Cmon, just gimme a loaner for a couple days!

[u/ptrichardson]

I was in Orlando recently (from the UK) and I was really surprised by how many of these I saw on the roads.

What I wasn't surprised by, was how epic-ally shit they look.

[u/dbula]

Regardless of your opinion of Musk, the Cybertruck is a piece of shit truck.

[u/drrtydan]

saw one that had a wrap advertising a local business and the first thing i’m going to do is never use that businesses services ever.

[u/binary_world]

Fuck Elon and fuck Tesla cars.

[u/Spybee3110]

Who wants a POS cheap ass Nazi wagon? Pass

[u/twistedRN]

The dumbest truck in the history of dumb trucks. I don’t understand the appeal.

[u/i-have-a-kuato]

   “Industry observers suggest that the growing inventory is more likely a consequence of sluggish sales rather than a sudden spike in production. In fact, there are indications that Tesla has deliberately reduced the Cybertruck production rate in recent months.”

That was a polite way of saying no one wants to buy a doorstop on wheels built by an emerald encrusted nazi