What a shock, the meme car only sold a few units before people were over it. LoL 😂
Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt
Submitted 1 year ago by NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Weird, I’ve heard Elon’s pull out game sucks balls.
tektite@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
And I’ve heard the majority of his kids are IVF/surrogate… does Leon even fuck?
Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
EV trucks will never make sense. Hybrids can but I have yet to see anything I would buy.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If you actually value low end torque over everything else, electric is a gimme.
Sounds like that’s not your use case.
Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Electic motors are unmatched for torque and response time. No debate there but if you need to tow a big ass camper your range is going to suck if you dont have some hybrid config.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pepsi is using EV semis going cross county. Never say never
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think they do/will make a lot of sense. Being able to drive to a job site and run your welder or other tools from the truck’s battery seems like a game changer for certain applications. The Chevy Silverado EV and the F-150 Lightning seem pretty nice to me. They’ll both be much more appealing once battery tech, charging speed, and charging infrastructure improve. I’m pretty stoked about this new company called Telo, I hope they make it. It’s a pretty small truck with an 8’ bed that’s about as long as a Mini Cooper, plus it has the solar tech from Aptera.
foofy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think a generator for that purpose would likely make a lot more sense. I can’t see buying an electric truck just so you can use its battery to weld. Maybe that’s a nice to have at best.
Mitchie151@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Silverado EV and F150 lightning seem pretty decent from the specs, but towing anything they still seriously suck. But for most people they’re actually already pretty good… Unlike the cyber truck.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ve been following Edison Motors. EV and Hybrid both make sense and can work depending on the application. They managed some real work tests towing log trailers without the genset kicking on.
Personally, I would have a model line with the option to either have an all EV or hybrid drivetrain. Share parts from the battery to the wheel, but more batteries where the engine/generator would go if it’s the pure EV option.
Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
You hit the nail on the head. If it can’t tow it’s pretty useless as a truck. If someone doesnt tow they probably dont need a truck in the first place otherwise they are better off with a gas model. The unfortunate thing is that regulations have forced manufacturers to implement shitty ICE drivetrains. Everything is a turbo now which is “more efficient” but there is no way they will last as long as the naturally aspirated V6 or V8s that would go for 400-500k miles.
noxypaws@pawb.social 1 year ago
pulls out all the stops
I’m surprised those weren’t optional, paid DLC
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have they tried making a good car?
rickdg@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Have they tried making a decent truck?
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Value is harder to deliver than hype.
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 year ago
The main reason I bought a truck was to tow heavy shit, and this piece of fuck trash Cyber truck can’t even do that without the battery failing after less than 100 miles. Meanwhile an F150 can tow six times it’s own weight thousands of miles.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Well that would make you in the 10% of people actually using their truck
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Tbf it’s kinda a fundamental limitation of electric vehicles vs gas that the energy density of gas is way higher.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The one person I know who owns a cyber truck was upset when I didn’t call him when I had a truck needing emergency, my wife’s car had broken down on a freeway offramp. The people that own these stupid things are cos playing as truck people even moreso than the average truck owner. The weirder part of his upsetness is, I was already driving a 3/4 truck because my commuter vehicle was not running. All I had to do was go get a uhaul trailer and go get her car. My mind is still boggled that he threw a fit about not calling him.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 year ago
I’m surprised you mentioned the battery (which is a problem with any EV towing), and not the fact the hitch can just snap off if you hit a pothole hard enough.
houstoneulers@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hopefully his investors finally learn their fkn lesson and stop giving him money so he can be an ass
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Investors learn lesson? That’s unpossible!
simplejack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Looking at the 2024 sales numbers of the lighting and R1T, the Cybertruck is selling well comparatively.
That said, I can’t imagine that the look of the truck, and the actions of Tesla’s CEO, are helping sales in anyway.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As others pointed out, the reason it did well were the 10s of thousands of preorders from years ago.
simplejack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Preorders” were a fully refundable $100. The overwhelming majority of preorders canceled.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Musk aside, it looks so goddamn stupid, I’d be embarrassed to drive around in it regardless. Like a cheap 80s movie version of what a futuristic car would look like.
And as Others have noted, why would you want a truck that looks like it can carry less stuff than a motorcycle can?
simplejack@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If we had one more season of Silicon Valley, Russ would absolutely be rubbing finger prints out of his Founder Edition Cyber Truck.
Lauchs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The world would also just be a happier and better place with another season.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Tesla’s were already ugly as sin and these things looked even worse. It’s not surprising.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Eh, I think they’re fine. They’re unique while still being aerodynamic, which is pretty hard in such a crowded field.
I’m not a fan, but I can totally understand those who are.
SouthFresh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The only thing Elon’s ever pulled out of.
sampao@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Beat me to it
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I just had a talk with a friend of mine in southern Ontario who lives in a farming rural area. He likes cars and often does searches for used vehicles in his area. In a 200km area around Branford, there are over 200 used Teslas on sale down there over the past month or two because people are dumping them because they don’t like the brand.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The well moneyed sort who buy Teslas also like to change cars more often than the rest of us. Some of them are going to even more expensive brands like Rivian, and there’s a huge array of less expensive, more practical options.
Here’s how I personally see the brand transformation. I don’t believe these people are so principled that they are dumping these cars in protest. It’s more that the appeal that used to be there: of being part of the future, of moving off gas and embracing clean tech to help save the world… that little halo just isn’t part of the brand anymore. Indeed Teslas all the time where I live with license plates like “BYE CO2” and “LOL GAS.” But no one is going to hop on board that Tesla hype train any longer. They are no longer novel, they no longer virtue-signal and yes have actually become a bit icky. But I think we’re just seeing the end of the mirage, not really any kind affirmative lashback.
superkret@feddit.org 1 year ago
Have they tried suing people who don’t want to buy one?
worldleader462@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You mean These people
WhatYouNeed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Whoa, there was a lot of fElon fellatio in the replies on that site.
casmael@lemm.ee 1 year ago
So much of the promo for the Tim and Eric mandatory attendance world tour 2020 has come true it’s fucking insane, man
Scolding7300@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They should force the government use cybertrucks for employe transportation just like Elon did with X and NTSB
bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That might be the biggest harbinger of whether musk or Trump is running things. Trump has banned fed government from buying EV.
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
In case you weren’t referencing this, be amazed:
danc4498@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Tesla may also refuse to sell you any future vehicles
Oh no 😥
superkret@feddit.org 1 year ago
I was referencing how Elon is suing companies for not wanting to advertise on X. But this is amazing, too.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Probably an effort to prevent scalping. Oh, how optimistic they were…
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You joke, but I wouldn’t be shocked if someone in particular gets that brainwave before too long
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Is it possible to orgasm from schadenfreude?
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
sorghum@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
It’s the price. I want a truck, not a Cadillac with a bed. A truck is meant for work not ve a pavement princess. $50k was already high and the truck market is still stupid on price with most trucks going over $60k and Cybertruck starts at $75.5k. If the price was what Elon said when he announced the Cybertruck, it would be flying off the shelves $40k
expatriado@lemmy.world 1 year ago
got treasure money now, no need to sell overpriced junk
thejml@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Turns out the group of people who look at mid nineties Laura Croft and think “that low polygon count asthenic is exactly how I like my women and trucks, I’ve got lots of disposable income to buy a truck that can’t do many truck things we’ll, and I’m glad a far right ketamine filed tech bro is running the company!” Is a small number of people.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
The best thing they could do for their sales is get rid of all ties to Elon Musk.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They’ve gone a long way on flash and sex appeal but I think a little straightforward practical value would help them a lot. The market is awash in good competition now so their novelty effect is gone. And the sex appeal has ended for everyone except for 40k cyberdouches.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 year ago
While true this still won’t make the Cyberdrumpf meet EU regulations. You can’t make it street legal here.
foggenbooty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Instead they did the opposite and gave him the biggest bonus in world history.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I definitely would’ve considered Tesla as my first EV but as of now they’re dead to me. If he was completely gone then that actually becomes a selling point for me.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
As the article title states, unlike Elon Musk, Tesla pulls out.
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Aed get real professionals to design and build future models.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Or even better, get Olivier Boulet (of Mitsubishi infamy) to do their future designs so we can put the company out of its misery.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Just ordinary professionals will do nicely.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Also have anyone who understands basic car design point out why shit like door opening buttons are a terrible idea in emergencies. Or why requiring thr doors to lock during a software update is stupid. Or why putting electronics not designed for extreme heat is terrible. Or that trying to use cameras in bad weather isn’t any better than human eyes…
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
scarabic@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year ago
Cybertrucks are basically No Man’s Sky but without the possibility of being good in a half decade.
Dag, yo. 🔥
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Let’s not forget the quality. Also poor.
corroded@lemmy.world 1 year 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 1 year 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.
Glytch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I wish journalist would stop calling this PS 1 Pontiac Aztek “futuristic”; it just highlights how shitty our future is going to be.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ironically, the Aztek is way better, despite its age…
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean it would fit well in Robocop or The Running man so I guess it counts
Glytch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Both shitty visions of the future. Well the movie for Running Man took place 6-8 years ago, and the book takes place this year which could count as “future” since we’re only in February.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It would certainly fit this version of Robocop.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
That’s retro-futuristic, a very different thing.
HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 1 year ago
I’m thinking more omikron the nomad soul lmao.