The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.
Elon Musk, in a post on X, has officially called time on the Cybertruck, stating that “Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production.”
Produced for less than four years, the polarizing pickup is seemingly dying as it lived, with the news being greeted in a flurry of replies in praise of the EV as well as deriding it. James Star, claiming to be a Tesla employee, posted that it was “the saddest news! Cybertruck (was) the best car Tesla sold,” right next to a user called Captain Ford who simply replied to Musk with “Fuck that shitbox.”
If it had actually been a decent vehicle then at least it’d have that. But no, it’s full of problems, recalls, and traps people inside and burns them to death.
The Ford Pinto was killed for less. It’s not like we don’t know how to make safe cars, yet somehow Tesla is allowed to get away with so much.
Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly Absurd
Hey, just like Elon.
Existing Cybertruck owners will have fun sourcing parts as they break down.
Me:
There are a lot of unsold Cybertrucks. The only reason so many even sold was because Musk used SpaceX to buy much of the inventory
If there’s demand for the parts, they’ll be able to get them for a good while
I thought it was also forcing the US government to purchase them as well.
It’s gonna be hilarious when they can no longer get parts in 5 years. They’ll still swear to the quality of Tesla though.
It’s got a massive battery pack that can be used for backup power. I’d totally buy one that doesn’t move and put it on blocks in front of my double wide.
They’ll just have to buy another new Tesla.
Are they still blocking people from selling used cyber trucks?
Are they still blocking people from selling used cyber trucks?
wat?
Cybertruck purchase agreements prevented re-selling the truck for a year. It was an anti-scalping measure
Turned out there wasn’t enough demand for the trucks for scalping to be a problem. It was only seen as necessary because of production delays and low production numbers, which probably contributed to apparent demand
It is a little funny to think about in hindsight. Tesla was worried demand would be so high scalpers would be buying up vehicles to flip, but demand ended up being so low the line had to be stopped within 4 years
wow. cybertruck bros are even dumber than I thought
The original delivery agreement for the Foundation Series (initial 1000 built) when they first launched required you to get Tesla’s permission to resell the vehicle for the first year.
Which is common for limited availability vehicles upon release from basically every manufacturer. The average person is never buying limited edition vehicles so it’s not relevant to 99.9% of the population, and something they’ve never heard of. Ford does it with every limited release Mustang variant for a common example.
The two primary reasons are essentially to prevent scalping, and so they can guarantee they receive back any vehicles with initial production run issues so engineers can study them. But facts don’t stop media reporting, especially when it comes to headlines about Musk.
Some manufacturers keep ownership limitations like that in place indefinitely. Ferrari famously sued Deadmau5 because of his Purrari modifications, so he had to remove them and sold the car, replacing it with a Meowclaren instead.
Tesla banned you from ever buying a new Tesla if you sold your cyber truck, and had a clause to sue you for $50k or the amount you got from the sale, whichever was greater.
I guess they stopped doing this at some point, but if you bought it when it was new you weren’t allowed to resell it for a year
There will be plenty of dead ones in junkyards to take parts from.
It was never allowed to drive on the road in Europe so I only ever saw it once at a car show. It was uglier up close. We were not allowed get close or touch it unlike all other cars on that show. My guess is that greasy fingers are not good for the body and hard to clean.
There are a least five near where I live that I see. They all look ridiculous, but the ones that haven’t been wrapped look horrible. The stainless steal is definitely not stainless.
The only one that makes a little sense is owned by a sneaker shop and has a branded wrap. They use it to tow their showroom trailer to various events and using it for a billboard that tows seems reasonable.
end of an error
Ha!
Reminds me of the NoFX album The War on Errorism
I’m putting that expression in my daily vocabulary
They were such good social markers though. It made it much easier for rich morons to tell on themselves.
Good riddance
That’s the best decision ever made about the Cybertruck.
Rest In Pieces
Rust in piss.
Por que no los dos?
I always called them the village idiot.
Driving by one “There goes the village idiot.”, walks by one parked, “Village idiot must be out shopping.”
As Musk moves on, another failure behind him, chasing the next shiny upon which he’ll never deliver. Let’s pour one out for future investors who will continue to pour money into his ketamine fuelled Ponzi scheme. Chasing returns, thinking of the future, not the trail of broken promises.
Flying Roadstar chassis with no internals are the new cybertuck
I will continue to flick off every one I see until I never see one again.
flick off or flip off?
This is a product that shows why there shouldn’t be any billionaires: These people live completely detached from reality—and their narcissistic hubris makes them a danger to any civilized society. Musk, like all the other PayPal billionaires—Thiel, for example—is the best example: They are mentally ill individuals who feel validated by their financial success.
This is by no means their achievement, but rather a flaw in the system that grants power to these people, who have done nothing more than happen to be in the right place at the right time with money. They simply should never have this kind of power, because they are antisocial in the truest sense of the word.
So they’re swapping it out for the car that they NHTSA is starting to look in to because of the lack of a steering wheel.
it will always make me think of that simpsons where homer designs a car.
