I like how people don't hate it because its electric, they hate it because it's objectively terrible. Maybe if it didn't stink like a dead nazi, people would buy it.
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It's ugly, and it looks like it jumped off the screen from the Cyberpunk 2077 world. It's poorly built and ineffective at the job it was designed to do. And then Elon did his thing, and now it's irrevocably tied to a dead Mid-20th Century ideology that the entire world fought to dismantle. I'm glad it's falling by the wayside. An object lesson -- don't build stupidly engineered items, and don't tout murderous ideologies that get a majority of the world against you.
It doesn't look like it came out of Cyberpunk, literally every vehicle in that game looks way cooler and more advanced. The Cybertruck looks like it came from a "futuristic" wireframe video game from 1985. It's obviously trying to play off DeLorean vibes, it's made as nostalgia for a 40-year old vision of a future that never came. It's like if someone made a 50s rocket-punk styled car in 1990, it's just a botched anachronistic mess, more past than future.
Its from the movie Freejack, trashy sci fi action flick from 1992, Mick Jagger drives something like it
that looks more like an APC.
IIRC it’s a real amphibious APC used by the Royal Marines painted red.
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It’s ugly
I agree completely. I mean back in the 80's they were envisioning cool stuff like this:
... and instead Telsa decided to put out something that looks like some guy tried to turn his shed into a car.
Even amateur designers can start from the cyber truck design and make something a lot better with a few tweaks. The current design is just a great visualization of what happens when the boss purposefully ignores any suggestion and criticism from the employees. I mean, this not only happens with cars. There are many projects going that way. This is just a very visual high level example.
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its basically a giant metal coffin, which is also a charcuterie machine.
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But almost six years later, the truck’s surreal design, awkward size, high price, and late delivery have turned it into a niche curiosity, not a mass-market hit.
How the fuck do you write an article about the failed Cybertruck and not acknowledge Elon’s political bullshit impacting Tesla sales?!?
Dishonest shit.
Biggest takeaway; the media is still in denial.
Early reviews raised red flags over software glitches, poor fit and finish, and disappointing range for a vehicle of its size.
That's the only sentence acknowledging the MANY mechanical failures, too.
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Eh. Even if Musk still had his Iron Man in real life image the cyber truck would still be a complete failure.
Saying it's a shitty car and a failure by only looking at it as a car seems like good journalism. This isn't a good product that failed because people don't like Musk anymore.
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I think Musk drew this thing on the back of an envelope and forced it through to production against the protests and objections of everybody in Tesla. It sucks as a truck, it sucks as an EV, it costs way too much money, it's so dangerous that it is banned in most of the world, it's impractical, costly to repair, uninsurable and it falls to bits. It's no wonder the thing failed.
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They go from Zero to 1939 faster than one can ask Grok what time it is.
I don't think anyone credible sincerely thought the cyber truck was going to do well
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Its a modern day DMC DeLorean which ironically also had a raw stainless steel body. Hopefully it tanks the company just like the DeLorean did.
I don't think the DeLorean reference is apt. That company was headed by a man who saw himself as a visionary, liked to highlight his middle initial "Z," and had a drug addiction. No connection whatsoever.
Delorean built his cars in Northern Ireland during the Troubles while also smuggling drugs to try to keep the company solvent, and he still managed to produce a better vehicle than Musk did. At least Delorean managed to pick a stainless steel alloy that was actually stainless!
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At least DeLorean went out for something cool: smuggling cocaine in the vehicles.
The DeLorean looked WAY cooler.
I wonder, when they hit 88 Mph, does one transport back in time to apartheid South Africa?
If they go faster than 60 the wheels fall off
It’s a fair question. The whole 88 mph thing from back to the future was a joke because no one thought a delorian could go that fast.
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Go Nazi Go Bust
Driving a Cybercuck is a great way to tell society you're the village idiot.
I feel like 4306 units sold in one quarter is still quite a lot all things considered.
And only 4,200 of them will have panels falling off by the end of next quarter
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it was never the future, it was only meant to hype of the stocks so he can get that 56bn payout in '23, it just took longer than expected.
The concept was quirky but it had a ton of hype. It wasn't helped by the fact that it has some fairly noticeable flaws, one being panels that are glued on and have been known to fall off. And headlights that are placed so close to the front bumper that any buildup of snow blocks them. Not smart design.
Teslastans hyped the fact that there were "2 million preorders" which was supposedly because of the mass appeal of the CT. Turns out once the novelty wore off, people just said 'meh, Id rather have a more normal truck for doing truck things' which is why the Rivian is still selling ok, the Ford Lightning is limping along and the Sliverado EV is actually a range champ with real world reports of over 800 km range that can actually tow a trailer for more than three blocks before needing a recharge.
Every time I see one I burst out laughing, they look so fucking stupid!
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That’s still too many.
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