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Summary

Tesla is struggling to sell its Cybertruck, even after applying discounts of up to $6,000. Inventories are piling up in the U.S. and Canada, with demand falling short of expectations.

The 2025 model qualifies for a $7,500 tax credit, but the 2024 model—still in stock—does not. There are also concerns that the tax credit may soon be eliminated.

Tesla's goal of producing 250,000 Cybertrucks annually seems unrealistic, and analysts suggest a cheaper single-motor version may be needed to stimulate demand.

The Cybertruck’s hype appears to be fading.

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[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 2 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Since Trump is likely to ban EV chargers, it seems like a bad decision.

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They should be gathering bricks.

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[–] kikutwo@lemmy.world 15 points 19 hours ago

Good. Fuck Elon.

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

good, you couldn't pay me to drive one of these monstrosities that scream "my personality is the color Florida"

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 20 points 23 hours ago

I went back to find this post just to tell you that "my personality is the color Florida" has me cackling for several minutes now. I hope your day is as great as your jokes.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Congratulations, Elon. You’ve made John DeLorean look wildly successful.

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

At first I thought this was a Tim Apple joke but that's his actual name lol

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Wait until you hear about Bill Pontiac!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Or the Chrysler brothers

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago

Only Tesla thing I'll buy is puts.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

Driving them can cause them to catch fire.

Gathering dust could also cause them to catch fire.

I guess better to just avoid the whole situation.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Good, I hope all the swasti-trucks rot at the dealerships.

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Tesla does direct sales. No dealerships.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

My dream is every poor gets their own cyber truck

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[–] philz@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm I wonder why no one wants to buy a nazi car

[–] xep@fedia.io 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

A swasti-car, you might say.

[–] DadVolante@sh.itjust.works 22 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago
[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I remember when he got everyone excited about them it was supposed to be this affordable thing. I think it was 25k for a base model? Now they're how much? And how poorly designed?

Good thing he got a government job, I don't think he was cut out for the private sector...

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

100k for this monstrosity.

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[–] alykanas@slrpnk.net 14 points 22 hours ago

There have been other whacky vehicles that were rubbish, but they were often the projects of passionate amateurs, whereas this car built was by slaves.

The people building it thought was stupid, didn’t want to do it. The engineers saw it as a burden and found no joy making it work .

You can just tell .

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hear Molotovs are great at cleaning dust. Help out your local dealership if you can.

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 11 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Theoretically the contents of these lots would be insured, so if there was a sudden unexpected fire that happened to destroy all the cars Tesla gets a cash payout, unlike if they just sit there where Tesla has to take the cashflow hit of having paid to build cars that noone will buy

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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

No wonder he's gonna force the government to buy a bunch of them.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 23 hours ago
[–] Lexam@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I love them! It's like seeing a random clown. They just make you point, laugh, and smile.

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