Tesla Cybertruck

[Kaido]

Rivian to the rescue!

https://www.reddit.com/r/CyberStuck/comments/1ifk7u6/pulled_out_a_cybertruck_at_the_dunes_today

 

[sdifox]

Not the truck's fault. It's the idiot driver.

 

[lxskllr]

The CT did pretty good there. The frame didn't come apart snatching it out it's spot.

Bumper will probably fall off on the drive home :^D

 

[Kaido]

 

[manly]

They're launching the affordable model soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1ih8zg6/i_have_seen_it_all

 

[MrSquished]

This was the plan all along

 

[Kaido]

 

[sdifox]

Dude went through a car wash?

 

[IronWing]

My Google skills have failed. What city is that? The gold dome should give it away but, alas.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I was bored and playing around with Grok, and managed to find the location:

Looks like Wyoming.

Street View · Google Maps

Ort in Google Maps noch intensiver erleben.

www.google.ca

Seems that particular pic must have been taken with a telephoto lens from a far distance though but you can kinda see the dome. Looks like that intersection was redone at some point too, that kind of threw me off, but pretty sure this is the location.

 

[Kaido]

I was bored and playing around with Grok, and managed to find the location:

Looks like Wyoming.

Street View · Google Maps

Ort in Google Maps noch intensiver erleben.

www.google.ca

Seems that particular pic must have been taken with a telephoto lens from a far distance though but you can kinda see the dome. Looks like that intersection was redone at some point too, that kind of threw me off, but pretty sure this is the location.

If you right-click on the imagine in Chrome & select everything above the truck, you can use Google Lens:

https://trib.com/news/state-regional/study-public-transit-needed-across-colorado-wyoming-border/article_4caa6a84-7c9a-11ed-a414-7b20061134ef.html

 

[IronWing]

If you right-click on the imagine in Chrome & select everything above the truck, you can use Google Lens:

https://trib.com/news/state-regional/study-public-transit-needed-across-colorado-wyoming-border/article_4caa6a84-7c9a-11ed-a414-7b20061134ef.html

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LOL! I worked in a building next door to the capitol building for 18 months! The CT pic used a serious telephoto.

 

[Kaido]

2024 sales numbers:

Tesla was preparing a production capacity of over 250,000 units a year. Its sales fell far short at 38,965 units, according to Cox Automotive.

Major factors:

1. Design was not as originally advertised (taillights, lightbar, battery backpack, electric ATV, ramp, etc.)
2. Limited battery capacity (no 500-mile version)
3. Bad in the snow with factory tires & poor off-road performance
4. CEO has created a political identity that affects some owners
5. Top price was triple lowest advertised price; budget model still not available
6. Multiple issues (7 recalls so far)

https://www.coxautoinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Q4-2024-Kelley-Blue-Book-EV-Sales-Report-revised.pdf

https://insideevs.com/news/747195/tesla-cybertruck-sales-demand-2024/

https://insideevs.com/news/745198/tesla-cybertrucks-piling-up-used/

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

CarGurus says the average price of a Cybertruck is $106,845, which marks a 3.19% decrease over the last 30 days and almost 10% in the last 90 days.

Can't believe almost 40k people paid this much for a Cybertruck.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I always thought if I got an EV I'd put one of those stickers on it too just for the Irony.

To be fair, it did take lot of oil and gas to manufacture and ship it.

 

[WelshBloke]

2024 sales numbers:



Major factors:

1. Design was not as originally advertised (taillights, lightbar, battery backpack, electric ATV, ramp, etc.)
2. Limited battery capacity (no 500-mile version)
3. Bad in the snow with factory tires & poor off-road performance
4. CEO has created a political identity that affects some owners
5. Top price was triple lowest advertised price; budget model still not available
6. Multiple issues (7 recalls so far)

https://www.coxautoinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Q4-2024-Kelley-Blue-Book-EV-Sales-Report-revised.pdf

https://insideevs.com/news/747195/tesla-cybertruck-sales-demand-2024/

https://insideevs.com/news/745198/tesla-cybertrucks-piling-up-used/

I think that you are overcomplicating why it's unpopular.

It looks like crap. It looked like crap in the announcement event. While it was popular with a few Tesla fan boys most people hated it.

It's the usual problem. There's a loud minority of people who are online a lot that hype things up then get surprised when reality doesn't match their internet bubble.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The price is the major factor, and the fact that it has lot of issues, like not being able to operate in rain or go through a car wash, or has a rather weak frame. If it was priced right, and did truck things well and could be beat a little without being seriously damaged, it would be more popular than it is now. Most people who buy trucks are not buying them for looks.

They need to at very east match the F150 Lightening pricing if they want to compete. If I was buying an EV truck that is probably the one I'd go with. It at least looks like a normal truck and can do truck things.

 

[WelshBloke]

Most people who buy trucks are not buying them for looks.

I'm calling bullshit on this.
Most people buying trucks (and particularly Cybertrucks) are way more invested in form over function.
They are a fashion accessory for most people.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm calling bullshit on this.
Most people buying trucks (and particularly Cybertrucks) are way more invested in form over function.
They are a fashion accessory for most people.

Wouldn't a sports car make way more sense in that case? There are way better options than a truck if trying to have a status symbol. Trucks are for hauling stuff, and going places a car can't easily go.

 

[WelshBloke]

Wouldn't a sports car make way more sense in that case? There are way better options than a truck if trying to have a status symbol.

I mean you say that but just look at the development of trucks in the US. Do those look like utility vehicles for the most part?

Trucks are for hauling stuff, and going places a car can't easily go.

Have you seen most of the trucks that people buy? And where they use them?

 

[Steltek]

Dude went through a car wash?

That is what happens when you don't wipe the bird crap off your Cybertruck.

 

[sdifox]

The price is the major factor, and the fact that it has lot of issues, like not being able to operate in rain or go through a car wash, or has a rather weak frame. If it was priced right, and did truck things well and could be beat a little without being seriously damaged, it would be more popular than it is now. Most people who buy trucks are not buying them for looks.

They need to at very east match the F150 Lightening pricing if they want to compete. If I was buying an EV truck that is probably the one I'd go with. It at least looks like a normal truck and can do truck things.

You could have just said it's garbage.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I mean you say that but just look at the development of trucks in the US. Do those look like utility vehicles for the most part?

Have you seen most of the trucks that people buy? And where they use them?

It cost a lot to have more than one vehicle, you need to pay two insurances etc, not to mention the actual cost of the vehicle, so you get the vehicle that fits your needs the most. So yeah, you will see pickups going to get groceries sometimes, because it makes no sense to get a car just for that task alone. And sometimes, you really do need a truck just to get around paved roads, especially in winter before they get plowed. In some places they shutdown everything and call state of emergency over snow, but in most of the world, it's just life as usual. Still need to get to work and such.

Most of the trucks people buy are what the manufacturers are making, most of those people would probably rather a long box square body if they still made them. Although it's also the thing of them doubling as a family hauler because while they do truck stuff, they also need room for their whole family for when they're doing family stuff. Or sometimes both at same time, like going camping, and being able to pull a camper which is a fairly common family thing to do in summer.

 

[WelshBloke]

It cost a lot to have more than one vehicle, you need to pay two insurances etc, not to mention the actual cost of the vehicle, so you get the vehicle that fits your needs the most. So yeah, you will see pickups going to get groceries sometimes, because it makes no sense to get a car just for that task alone.

So you're saying that people who are a bit short on money are buying huge trucks to get the groceries just in case they occasionally need to do truck things?

And sometimes, you really do need a truck just to get around paved roads, especially in winter before they get plowed. In some places they shutdown everything and call state of emergency over snow, but in most of the world, it's just life as usual. Still need to get to work and such.

A) Those are not conditions that most people deal with.
B) Big, heavy trucks are not the ideal vehicles for driving on snow or ice.

Most of the trucks people buy are what the manufacturers are making, most of those people would probably rather a long box square body if they still made them. Although it's also the thing of them doubling as a family hauler because while they do truck stuff, they also need room for their whole family for when they're doing family stuff. Or sometimes both at same time, like going camping, and being able to pull a camper which is a fairly common family thing to do in summer.

I mean I'm not going to address all those points but they are all edge case reasons for why buying a truck might be the second or third worse choices you could make!

 

[Brainonska511]

It cost a lot to have more than one vehicle, you need to pay two insurances etc, not to mention the actual cost of the vehicle, so you get the vehicle that fits your needs the most. So yeah, you will see pickups going to get groceries sometimes, because it makes no sense to get a car just for that task alone. And sometimes, you really do need a truck just to get around paved roads, especially in winter before they get plowed. In some places they shutdown everything and call state of emergency over snow, but in most of the world, it's just life as usual. Still need to get to work and such.

For the most part, many people overblow the rationale for owning a pickup truck. Most of them are pavement princesses and the people live in places where all the things you note are not really an issue at all. And most of the things people claim to buy them for, they would have been better off getting something delivered or renting a vehicle for the one time they would need it. People buy $50k+ vehicles because they either doing well economically (despite the "my eggs" complaints) or don't care to get loaded up on debt for a depreciating asset.