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The truck that was supposed to revolutionize everything is flopping fast.

The hype is dead. The Tesla Cybertruck, once billed as the future of electric vehicles, is now looking like a commercial bust.

In the second quarter of 2025, Tesla sold just 4,306 Cybertrucks, down a staggering 50.8% from the 8,755 units it delivered during the same period last year, according to new data from Kelley Blue Book. This plunge is a signal that America’s most hyped truck may already be out of gas.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

What, an ugly ass vehicle that looks like it came from an early 90's video game is a flop? Whodathunkit?

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 4 points 3 days ago (7 children)
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[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sadly, its numbers are comparable to Hyundai's Ioniq 6, which might be the best EV on the market right now. Seems a lot of EVs are tanking in sales now.

[–] Jramskov@feddit.dk 4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The only interesting parts are the steer by wire and the 48v system.

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[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I will forever point and laugh like Nelson at the morons who bought these Swastikar piles of shit.

[–] Sagan_Wept@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 days ago

Best clown car at a circus tho. Tho can't fit that many in it

[–] Kurious84@eviltoast.org 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

This is the Zune of cars man. What an eyesore. Shows what Elon can make when he tries it on his own.

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Busted ass truck is busted.

[–] brot@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (6 children)

They will become quite valuable oldtimers. As hated as they are, they are kind of an iconic car. Unique design and there are (were?) a lot of Tesla fanboys around. Expensive. Really small production run, not many around. Owners crashing them left and right. Bad build quality. And it's kind of hard to think about one of them being able to really run in 30 years or so with how connected they are to Teslas software infrastructure.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

20 years from now: 2024 Deplorean, 40,000 miles. Battery range down to 18 miles and new batteries are unobtanium, but thoroughly communicates to all of your neighbors how far right you are.

$Eleventeen Kerbillion space bucks
No lowballers, I know what I've got

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully 20 years from now expressing that you're far right is not a safe thing to do in society anymore and people only admit it behind closed doors.

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[–] Lucelu2@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I read used EVs are selling well. Not so much current new models. People are probably holding on to their money.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

I recall reading an article that said the cybertruck does not, in fact, count as a truck.

The Segway of trucks. Lots of hype, overpriced, and generally impractical for the vast majority of people.

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