Just wait till DOGE start requiring it for all government vehicles
Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
ramble81@lemm.ee 10 months ago
andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’d like a GTA singleplayer cheat making every police car a cybertruck that can’t pursue you for long and would rather lose control and do a barrel roll than even get close to you.
corroded@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“Isn’t well liked” is quite the understatement. “Despised” is more like it. I actually like the way the cybertruck looks, I think the technology is interesting, and if I really wanted to, I could probably afford one.
I wouldn’t drive one if it was given to me for free. I’d rather take a taxi every day than drive a public display of support for the treasonous fascist manchild that owns the company.
Tesla’s second biggest problem is their shit standards and quality control. Their first biggest problem is their shit corporate leadership.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I swear that every time I saw one, the people around would point and laugh. 100k+ to drive a car that is always broken and mocked by everyone is quite expensive.
Telorand@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Hey! I heard you could get one of these fasc-mobiles for $75k, now!
/s
TheFogan@programming.dev 10 months ago
I mean off the bat that’s one of the worse combinations of people/product I’ve ever seen. I mean off the bat electric car’s target market is people that want to think they are doing something better for the environment.
So… then the guy making them goes loudly in the “fuck the environment” group.
To top it off though, Cybertruck itself always confuses me. I don’t know who the target audience is. The original tesla’s I could look at and think, that’s a cool car, if they ever came down in price I’d be interested.
Cybertruck you look at and think… What a car would look like if you scaled up games from the 32/64 bit console era and made them HD without increasing the polygon count.
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 10 months ago
The target audience is monied tech bro millenials who really wanted a warthog out of Halo.
The problem is that the overlap between tech bros and nazi lovers is definitely not 100%, probably not even 10%.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The problem is that the overlap between tech bros and nazi lovers is definitely not 100%, probably not even 10%.
Dont be so sure about that ratio. Plently of “got mine, im all bootstraps” tech bros. Id put the number at about 70/30% against nazis, but no better.
catloaf@lemm.ee 10 months ago
If they wanted a Warthog, they should have gotten a Jeep.
Or built one. There are at least three fully functioning Warthogs out there, I think. I’ve seen the one at Weta.
moleverine@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We’re not all buying EVs for the environment. I bought an EV because I think the car is cool and it’s really enjoyable to drive. It’s nice that the “gas” is also significantly cheaper, but that wasn’t high on my list of reasons to get the thing, either.
The EV owners I’ve talked to didn’t buy them for the environment, either, but I haven’t talked to any Leaf owners or anything. Maybe they’re more environmentally conscious. It being better for the environment long term is definitely nice, and I hope progress continues on batteries made with less toxic components.
Thankfully, I did not buy a Tesla and they were never on my list of options because of Elon. So he definitely alienated a customer due to him being an awful human being. I also won’t use any of their charging stations, since I don’t want them to profit off of me.
proudblond@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You could say we bought our Teslas “for the environment” in a way, though a bit roundabout. When we bought them (2018), it was after having previously leasing a Leaf which had shit mileage and poor performance over 40mph. We wanted to signal to the industry with our dollars that we wanted the EV movement to succeed. Because apparently money is the only thing they listen to. We knew full well that EVs were only a step toward a greener future or whatever but we wanted the industry to take that step and understand that being environmentally friendlier was important.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Plus the initial sales were to people who had already committed to preorders at a lower price for a truck that was hyped up to be far better than the end result.
Cybertrucks are basically No Man’s Sky but without the possibility of being good in a half decade.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Cybertrucks are basically No Man’s Sky but without the possibility of being good in a half decade.
Dag, yo. 🔥
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Isn’t well liked…. Is a Nazi.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Let’s not forget the quality. Also poor.
kmartburrito@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Plus it looks stupid, like what my drawings of a car looked like at 5 years old
scarabic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is jaw dropping that only 40,000 of their one million+ reservations actually turned into sales. Thats 4% conversion!
Also, trucks are not a niche market. And there is pretty minimal overlap between the kind of douche who wants one of these and people who object to Musk’s behavior. It’s designed for his cult, especially.
hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
“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
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
A bad pickup truck is still just a pickup truck.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep, what else could you call it? It’s not a hatchback, a sedan, a convertible, a sports car, etc.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Most pickup truck owners don’t do that either.
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Maybe in the US they don’t…
Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
And more ground clearance
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
It makes more sense if you start from the other side - EVs are a niche market, and an electric truck is a small subset of that.
The Cybertruck sold 38,965 units last year, vs 33,510 for the Ford F150 Lightning.
faltryka@lemmy.world 10 months ago
One of the things I love about my Lightning is that it doesn’t look like a fucking cybertruck
SouthFresh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Other truck makers tend to let their vehicles fully render.
DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 10 months ago
The Lightning really is a nice looking truck.
The trapezoid Minecraft
CybertruckDeplorian— not so much…Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I’m not a Ford guy, but they do look pretty good.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They shipped 39k cybertrucks for backlogged preorders that were based on a completely different description of what the truck would be.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well yeah, but to be fair, they were lying.
Damage@feddit.it 10 months ago
Which is mind boggling, as the Lightning seems like a good, attractive vehicle, while the cybertruck seems like a pile of shit
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I have no need for a truck, and I still considered getting one. The Lightning is very impressive all around.
hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
The Lightning has also been out for a few years now, so it’s not the “new” thing. Also, I feel like half of those cYbErTrUcK purchases were people trying to resell them.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m assuming the electric f150 has greater than 1 wheel drive?
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 10 months ago
I guess making a search online is the one thing slightly more difficult than making an assumption.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 10 months ago
Actually most vehicles are only 1-wheel drive unless they have a locker or similar installed (4x4 would be “2-wheel drive”).
catloaf@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Which vehicles have that? The base cybertruck has two motors for AWD.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 10 months ago
To be fair, it’s valid to cater to niche markets.
However, that wasn’t what Tesla was aiming to do.
kreskin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
cybertruck is barely even a truck at all. its a truck shaped car for rich assholes to look rugged.
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Try and fail to look rugged.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Which is a very niche market
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Tanks camouflaged as pickup trucks are.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 10 months ago
When did they start importing the Hilux?
EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 10 months ago
And the cybertruck is hardly a pickup truck. What were you saying?