Wait. After all this hype Tesla has only managed to move 3878 units of the Cybertruck? That’s hilarious.
You gotta understand that metal this shitty is hard to find.
They should have tried discarded Boeing composite materials. Good enough to explore the Titanic a couple-ish of times.
Who the fuck can afford them?
Lemme guess, there around 4000 billionaires right now
Over 2 million goddamn people?! i know they’re “only” about 60-100k, but holy shit. Also 5 year wait, seems more like 10 years would be realistic for most people
I can afford one. It’s not that expensive.
#OutOfTouch-OrAI?
The average new car runs around 47k. The cyber truck is 60k. There isn’t a huge difference there. The one I want is 80k. I latest have two cars. Both cost about 60k a piece. The truck can replace both of those.
That is the real take away. They have a large waitlist but can’t seem to build them.
I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. They have a large waitlist and are early in iteration on this product.
I’d bet they have hardware recalls for the next 18 months that taper off as they ramp up. The amount of new engineering that went in the cybertruck is insane compared to any other vehicle in their lineup.
This is why you see all of the legacy automakers having problems making EVs, having tons of recalls, and pulling back. New technology is hard to mass produce until you work out all the kinks in the design and workflow.
I wouldn’t by a CT because I don’t like the aesthetics; but, if I did, I wouldn’t buy one for at least 3 years from now. Same reason I won’t buy a Rivian R1S. They aren’t at the point the recalls are down to manageable. Rivian may be good in another year or 2. The ford EV line… seems like them pulling back means they won’t have a decent EV track record for at least a decade, if they’re still around then.
Most people on lemmy just want buzzwords, catch phrases and group think. Most Tesla recalls are ota. The pedal is concerning because if it does get stuck, it’s hard to just turn the car off.
85% of america has 100k burning a hole in their pocket
No, but we have a surprising amount of people who don’t see too much of an issue with taking out a 72-84 month loan on an 80k truck. (that probably is over 100k with interest and fees)
Those people are brilliant
Poor financial literacy, not really planning for the future, or thinking the reliability will make up for the extra cost. Either way, I suspect there’s plenty of people like that around the world, just that we have less public transport so most people actually need a car to get around (although most people would be better with beaters or just a couple years old sedan).
I always match my loans to the warranty. That way I don’t have a payment and repairs.
The problem for most people is car cost of went up and people want very expensive cars. I’ve seen people spend equivalent to their yearly income on a car
Yep. I recently got a newer car (a first for me, grew up on beaters and was fine until I drove a newish miata), and I remember when talking with credit union’s officers that the new avg price for a lot of the loans they were seeing was around 50k, which just blew my cheapskate mind.
Cars just keep going up. I had a Nissan I bought new for 17k. Tax credits. Aggressive discounting. Etc. is was a 40k car. I still have it but my kid drives It. I choked when I bought my first Tesla. It was around 60k. I had the money but I’m just cheap on cars. They wear out and break. I don’t drive much since I work from home. I do travel for work but I often fly. My friend bought a 90k truck. It’s insane. I think two majors problems have to be solved for electric.
- Cost
- City charging - we need to make access available to condos, apartments, etc. it was going to cost 20k to add a charging station for my condo.
People complain about range but it’s not that bad.
Womp womp.
While theyre redesigning the “gas” pedal, just redesign the whole thing
This is fucking hilarious
Anti muskers are jizzing their pants uncontrollably rn
Is this something you spend a lot of time thinking about?
Lmao
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