Tesla will stop making the Cybertruck next year, according to CEO Elon Musk, who said on X that the company will use the factory space to build more two-seater Cybercab robotaxis.
The decision to wind down the futuristic, steel-clad EV comes after just a few short years of underwhelming sales. When Musk handed over the first few Cybertrucks in late 2023, he predicted Tesla would sell around 250,000 per year. It was supposed to be such a cornerstone of Tesla’s future that, before construction began, the company talked about its Texas factory as the “Cybertruck factory.” But Tesla has instead sold just tens of thousands — total — over the last three years.
Good. It’s a very lousy low-poly car anyway. My Mom would rather drive a used car from the past than some alleged “car of the future”.
The Pontiac Aztec and Subaru Baja await your arrival in ugly car heaven.
If they plan to stop sometime next year, what the heck will they do with the unsold ones they currently park and the surplus they are producing until the closure?
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I recall someone fantasizing about piles of flipped cybertrucks. Well, in written form, forgot if on here or elsewhere. Welp, their dream is ruined.
Honestly, I like the look of the cybertruck. I know it’s not the popular opinion, but I like that it challenges the boring cookie-cutter pickup truck design.
I think it bothers people that it doesnt fit the “traditional” idea of what a pickup should look like, but to me that’s a good thing. To me, the trad pickup design is ugly anyway. Ford F150? Ugly. Dodge Ram? Ugly. Chevy Silverado? Ugly! So yeah, the minimalist wedge-shape is a great way to shake up field. It’s a fun departure.
I also like that it’s an EV pickup. But I wish it were better at being an EV pickup, instead of a glorified grocery-getter. It seems to fail at simple hauling / off-road / towing tasks.
I do not like the build quality either. Or the stainless steel bodywork. Or the plastic bits. But many of these things could have been refined in later model years.
And of course the elephant in the room: Musk put his musky stank all over it. It’s synonymous with him, and he’s a festering Nazi shit-pustule. So that kills it for me.
I wish some other EV brand would have done the Cybertruck. I think in the right hands it would have been better.
Yeah, I agree with you. People would mock how it looked, and still do. I think it looks fine. It’s not a very popular opinion, I realize.
Given what I’ve read about it, I’m not sure I’d want to even take a short ride in it. Seems like it has many safety concerns. I have no idea how it’s even on the road…
And that’s before you get into all the many issues of the asshole Elon.
Yeah, it looks cool. As a concept. If it were just a design in a video game, I’d just shrug.
But it literally is the worst truck ever, made by one of the most evil men ever. Good fucking riddance.
I agree with you. It piqued my interest when it was first being teased and musk still had some plausibility that he was competent and well intentioned.
I live 8 miles from work in a rural area. I drive gravel roads every day, get feet of snowfall at a time, and I also have a need to regularly hall large materials. I recently got into a new to me 10 year old truck but was driving a sedan before that which was unsafe due to the heavy snows. I’d love a real electric truck and one that doesn’t have a stupid bed height. What I need isn’t available but there’s no reason it shouldn’t be. A 4x4 slate (w/o Bezos connected preferebly) would be sweet, a hylux champ, or a properly designed and built cybertruck would be sweet. I don’t want all the bells and whistles and gimmicks, just a cost appropriate tool to get me from a to b and to support the work I do.
Tldr: I like it , but actually I don’t.
I see them all over the place. A day doesn’t go buy that I don’t see a few. They had sales.
I suspect the real problem are the sales patterns, which are probably very bad. Because of Musk’s increasingly poor reputation, they’ve probably completely stopped selling new ones, and nobody wants used ones, so why build more dead inventory?
His terrible behavior has destroyed his car company, which is on a steady, inexorable slide toward bankruptcy. Trump will keep Tesla alive through the 2028 election, for access to his money, but once Trump is out of office, Tesla will go off the cliff.
If Musk was halfway smart he’d sell control of Tesla to one of the other majors (yes I know it has a listed value greater than most of them). By handing it over to someone who isn’t overtly a nazi the brand could be revitalised and Muskrat could bank the money, have his remaining tesla shareholding grow again and make billions off SpaceX as well.
Fortunately he’s not that smart
Well, that took longer than expected.
When will the face of the company stop being a nazi? Is there a plan for that?
Nein
You think those cars will live long enough to become Oldtimers in the future?
Teslas are generally speaking good cars but the Cybertruck was fucking dumb. It’s like the Simpsons episode where Homer designs a car.
Markets are working, it seems. Just a bit slowly.
Tesla initial product quality is in the shitter and has been for years. I don’t know anyone who owns a new Tesla who didn’t have to send it for repairs in their first year of ownership to correct production defects, some of them multiple times. From accounts I’ve read, the Cybertruck is worse than other Tesla models.
Once sorted, they seem OK, except for all the design quirks that compromise safety and usability. And I have no idea about their long-term durability.
As a side note, I know someone who owns a Roadster built in the pre-Musk Tesla era. That thing is extraordinarily well-built and has never given the owner trouble, except for speeding tickets. Ownership by Musk has been a value destroyer for Tesla.
Important to mention too, is that they frequently fail vehicle inspections. Here in Denmark the fail rates at the first inspection after 4 years are: Tesla Model Y - 45%, Tesla Model 3 - 34%, and for comparision, VW ID.4 - 2%.
They often fail due to excessive play in suspension components and control arm. Wild that a brand new car becomes a safety hazard due to shitty components that fast.
how strict are the inspections over there that a (presumably) functional vehicle can fail them?
is this him trying to be an edgy teenager again, trying that cyberpunk.
Hopefully some niche enthusiasts club doesn’t build up around it and make them the new Delorean.
What!? The car of the future?
Shame Tesla went from making great luxury cars to mass produced cookie cutter… while CT isn’t for me, it was the last “premium” interior tesla did after axing S and X.
Couldn’t give a fuck about Musk. But their cars are still industry leading despite not doing shit for years. I will drive my 2020 model S till the wheels fall off and then some. NOTHING and I mean NOTHING compares to it. Like fuck, my only option is a range rover and I’d still be giving up tons of features.
Lemmy hates tesla, hates musk even more, is often against EVs so I’m sure I’m gonna get downvoted into oblivion. But happy to discuss and engage in EV talk! Plenty of great cars out there, just nothing above 40k mark that’s remotely doing it for me.
