Right, I considered it …. I’m not interested in a truck but a fully refundable $100 to hold my place in line, for what was at the time the first EV pickup?
“Backorder” meant “Idiots with a couple hundred dollars”. “Orders” were a whole $100 fully refundable deposit. It was a complete non-commitment, and I know a ton of people who literally bought them solely to resell their “spot in line”.
I knew a dude who put in an order for 5, just to ensure he could sell his “spots on the list”. Dude was a service tech that couldn’t afford even the fake $40k price, let alone the current $100k price. I’ve seen tons of stories like his as well, so there’s a 0% chance even 20% of those are actually converting to sales.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 week ago
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Rivian had shown off their EV truck a year and a half before Tesla announced the Cyber Truck. And it’s a much more useful vehicle.
I believe the Ford Lightning EV might have been in the works already too, but not sure if it was announced yet.
Rivian also started delivering its truck in 2021 after showing the concept in may 2018.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Ahh didn’t realize, thanks for the info!