Tesla Cybertrucks Are Gathering Dust, Even With $6,000 Discount
www.forbes.com
As unwanted Cybertruck inventory rises, Tesla is forced to introduce discounts. But even $6,000 savings aren't bringing buyers into showrooms.
  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    10 days ago

    I wouldn’t take a free Tesla either at this point but I love to purchase a share at a sub $1 price.

    The stock price is down 30% in the past month.

    It’s still up for the year but only because it had a huge jump with the time of the election. The price has now fallen below what it was on Nov 6th.

    When the robo taxi no one asked for flops, I should have my chance.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Robotaxi wasn’t even real anyways. They had closed, specially designed streets, and IIRC, still had remote human operators on standby supervising.

      What Tesla (or any EV manufacturer) needs to make is an electric city bus.

      Low speed is better for EVs, stop and go doesn’t really matter. Instant torque makes them easier to drive. Quiet operation reduces sound in in cities. They have dedicated bus garages to charge at, and they would cost less in energy and repairs that conventional ICE options.

      The only big downside I can think of is weight. Busses are already a huge impact on street maintenance, making them 50% heavier might push them over the limit. Smaller more frequent busses are better for the customer if you ask me.

      • takeda@lemm.eeEnglish
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        10 days ago

        I think perfect example is the Hyperloop[1] in Las Vegas. How people are expecting them to implement FSD if they can’t do it in such fully controlled environment?

        [1] also looks like most people forgot it originally was meant to use vacuum to move a tube with passengers, not a tunnel for cars

  • mostNONheinous@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    You literally couldn’t pay me less than a million dollars to drive a Tesla, a cyber truck though… it’d take a billion.

  • Zimroxo@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 days ago

    You couldn’t pay me to drive a cybertruck. Even before Elon going full nazi

  • vrojak@feddit.orgEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Even if there were offering them for 1000$ I wouldn’t want it, just because I want Elon to be angry since his shitty car isn’t selling. That, and I don’t want to subject myself to drive this behemoth on small European roads

  • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Don’t worry, the state department will buy them. No conflict of interest there!