Summary

The Tesla Cybertruck is in crisis. The automaker is still sitting on a ton of old inventory, which it is now heavily discounting, and it is throttling down production.

Tesla is expected to currently be selling the Cybertruck at a rate of about 25,000 units a year – a tenth of what Musk predicted.

Tesla began the second quarter with 2,400 Cybertrucks in inventory, valued at over $200 million. Tesla is now offering deeper discounts on the new inventory of Cybertrucks.

The automaker has reduced its Cybertruck production teams and now operates at a fraction of its original capacity.

  • @Concave1142@lemmy.world
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    752 months ago

    They’re also hiding them (my opinion) off of their main lot so people don’t see how many are sitting around. The dealership near me has a couple on the lot but down the road, across the street on a hidden side road I saw over a dozen of them sitting in a fenced in lot gathering pollen last week.

      • Null User Object
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        412 months ago

        The CIA of yesteryear approves this idea.

        Where destruction is involved, the weapons of the citizen-saboteur are salt, nails, candles, pebbles, thread, or any other materials he might normally be expected to possess as a householder or as a worker in his particular occupation. His arsenal is the kitchen shelf, the trash pile, his own usual kit of tools and supplies. The targets of his sabotage are usually objects to which he has normal and inconspicuous access in everyday life.

        https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/

        • @ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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          202 months ago

          The Cybertruck’s stainless steel body is susceptible to corrosion from acidic substances, including vinegar. Tesla’s own guidance advises against using acidic liquids or materials, including vinegar, on the vehicle’s exterior.

          • LousyCornMuffins
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            102 months ago

            Do we have a pH chart for various animal urines I have a hunting trip coming up and don’t want to burn the dog

          • Gordon Calhoun
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            72 months ago

            Now I’m conflicted about that news article I saw about Trump letting those 70 coal plants operate with emissions unchecked, because now the acid rain they cause will degrade the trucks faster.

        • 4grams
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          32 months ago

          Given what the frame is made of, I’ve been curious why gallium prices haven’t spiked…

    • Unfortunately, the ‘firing’ is usually a golden handshake and jumping straight into heading another company to run that into the ground too. After multiple rounds of layoffs of course.

    • @Novice_Idiot@lemmy.wtf
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      72 months ago

      White House right now: “we don’t need anyone else!” Meanwhile no one working there can survive without the drugs from developing countries and half of them can’t even wipe their own ass. Yeah sure America might be fine but America is a continent and it doesn’t bend to a couple pathetic barely functioning pedofilic rapists with a breeding kink.

  • FuglyDuck
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    332 months ago

    Expect more CTs to catch fire in their lots, as they blame other people for arson.

  • doug
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    212 months ago

    Anytime my group and I see one in Fortnite we have to drop what we’re doing and kill whoever’s in it.

      • doug
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        2 months ago

        Money. Tbf other automakers are in there too, but nothing screams “I’m an asshole” like driving a Cybertruck in-game.

  • clickercounter
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    212 months ago

    I am really looking forward to all the Teslas being stripped down for ev conversions and restomods.

    • themeatbridge
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      192 months ago

      So much of the design is proprietary nonsense, it makes me wonder how much of the trucks can be reused for something people actually want.

      • clickercounter
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        122 months ago

        Sure, but there are lots of components that people can use. Tesla electric water pumps are used for IC engine cooling even though teslas don’t have combustion. power steering components for upgrades, motors for drivelines, mechanical linkages for steering and suspension. We can definitely use these items in a way the designers never intended.

        • Mike D.
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          42 months ago

          Agreed. A lot of the EV conversion companies use Tesla parts.

            • Mike D.
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              42 months ago

              Too be fair many EV conversions are bespoke works of art. Price is not a major concern for the owner.

    • @buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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      92 months ago

      They were overpriced garbage anyhow. BYD is outputting EV’s that are ten times better at a fraction of the cost. The only reason they aren’t being sold here is a bunch of protectionist bullshit that even democrats are responsible for.

      It’s only misplaced faith by a bunch of techbro traders that’s even keeping the TSLA stock aloft. Tesla management literally dumps every certificate of stock they get as bonus the second they receive it.

  • @dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
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    192 months ago

    I’m trying to think of how cheap it would have to be for me to drive one of these monstrosities and it would have to be something like $-50K/year.

    Pay me a lower middle class salary and I will drive your piece of shit electric truck.

    • @TheOakTree@lemm.ee
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      12 months ago

      It would have to more for me if they add rules and a contract, though. You’d want to make it look incredibly anti-musk to avoid someone fucking up the car.

      Granted, you’d still make money up to that point.

  • @inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    182 months ago

    Yeah, good luck with that.

    I mean I didn’t like the truck when it was first introduced, much less now that I know it’s being built by a company lead by a Neo-Nazi.