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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)
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Tesla Cybertruck appears to be facing significant sales challenges. After initial hype faded, and over a million reservations turned out to be as real as unicorns, Tesla is now enabling leasing options and free upgrades to move its inventory of the futuristic pickup truck. The company's recent silence on the Cybertruck, even omitting it from their earnings call, speaks volumes about the situation.

Tesla initially projected sales of 500,000 Cybertrucks annually and established production capacity at the Giga Texas for 250,000 units per year. After working through the initial reservation backlog with fewer than 40,000 deliveries, the automaker is now struggling to sell the remaining vehicles.

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 583 points 2 days ago (14 children)

Have they tried suing people who don't want to buy one?

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 247 points 2 days ago (3 children)

In case you weren't referencing this, be amazed:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-sue-cybertruck-buyers-they-resell-in-first-year-2023-11?op=1

[–] superkret@feddit.org 225 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was referencing how Elon is suing companies for not wanting to advertise on X. But this is amazing, too.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hmm, it's kind of like he has an established MO for when his businesses are failing due to his own poor decisions and lack of business sense.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

And now he has access to the government billing office and all our SS numbers. Don’t hold your breath for your tax refund this year.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Nononono.

It's that woke mind virus! Those infectious liberals have prevented true patriots from buying his shitty cars to proposely smash their fingers in the trunk.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 15 points 1 day ago

Hmm, it's almost like he's an entitled billionaire not comfortable living in the real world with people who actually have free will! I don't care how many zeros, he's a loser.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

Tesla may also refuse to sell you any future vehicles

Oh no 😥

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 43 points 2 days ago

Probably an effort to prevent scalping. Oh, how optimistic they were...

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