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.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 months ago

      I’d be willing to buy one to make it my sole mission to jailbreak it if it hasn’t already. I won’t rest until I have it running crysis.

  • @[email protected]
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    102 months ago

    it was a piece of junk when it first showed up in the news as a concept, 5years before it was released and its a junk now.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      Don’t tease me like this every time something horrible happens to Musk I titter like a schoolgirl

  • clickercounter
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    222 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      82 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.

    • themeatbridge
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      182 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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              32 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    22 months ago

    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.

    I wonder if Tesla could take the existing Cybertrucks and rebuild them into something else that would see more demand. I mean, plenty of auto companies have models that share a basic platform.

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    172 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.

  • doug
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    222 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.

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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.