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The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dsfyu404ed »

nostromo wrote: post #66
nosequel wrote: post #28

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As someone who owns a truck (F150) and uses it for truck-like things (wood, rocks, concrete, towing, etc.), I would never be caught dead going to the local lumber yard or landscaping yard in a Cybertruck. The Rivian and Ford at least look like trucks.

If you care about getting things done more than fitting in, the Cybertruck actually looks like a much better work truck than a relatively delicate F150.

Yeah, seems like it'll handle the accumulation of loading/unloading mishaps pretty well with the stainless body.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dingosity »

operatingthetan wrote: post #88
bottlepalm wrote: post #73

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Tesla doesn't waste their time on crap like that. It's why they barely have anyone working in marketing or PR in the first place. The video was made from actual test footage, super quick, and they kicked it out.

Are you serious? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-kajBcyew Staging performers to act like fake robots on stage for a vaporware project doesn't strike you as exactly what you're talking about?

So... they're crisis actors? Maybe they're the same ones the government used for the school shootings?

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by xracy »

bottlepalm wrote: post #77
threeseed wrote: post #68

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And how about Solar City, Boring Company, Twitter. Musk doesn't exactly have a perfect track record.

I can't hear you over all the things being accomplished https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5QXreqOrTA

Wow, he did it. First manned flight to space.[1]

err. First Private manned flight to space. [2]

Err, First completely private crew to go to space... Is that actually something we're considering a first? Can you really tell the difference between a person who works for the gov't and a person who doesn't well enough for that to be meaningful?

If you have to explain in the accolade what it means, then it's not much of an accolade.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_spaceflights,_19...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_spaceflight#:~:text=On....

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dingosity »

slashdev wrote: post #21
jimnotgym wrote: post #17

The cyber truck is such a miss. If they had built a normal truck, but electric, they could have tapped a huge market. Instead they went super niche with the sci fi truck. I hope for Tesla's sake that Tesla have enough fanboys.

The number of cybertruck reservations say otherwise. It’s riskier, yes, but might payoff. I wouldn’t buy a normal truck, but a cybertruck is my dream vehicle. I’d rather own that than anything else, even if money was no object. And I’m far from a Tesla fanboy.

But... here's the thing... they have to build and deliver the cybertruck before they can recognize the revenue. That's the problem with building tangible assets. If he had only sold an NFT of a cybertruck with a vague promise you might get to exchange the NFT in the future for a physical truck, he would be rolling in the cash.

Not to mention... I think cybertruck owners only put down $100 as a deposit. They didn't pay the complete price for it. So Tesla has to actually make trucks before people will pay the majority of the sales price.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by operatingthetan »

dingosity wrote: post #122
operatingthetan wrote: post #88

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Are you serious? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-kajBcyew Staging performers to act like fake robots on stage for a vaporware project doesn't strike you as exactly what you're talking about?

So... they're crisis actors? Maybe they're the same ones the government used for the school shootings?

Tesla was having a self-imposed robot crisis, so sure I guess.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dingosity »

slashdev wrote: post #30
at-fates-hands wrote: post #25

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>> I wouldn’t buy a normal truck, but a cybertruck is my dream vehicle. Honest question. What is it that makes it your dream vehicle?

Large, extremely safe, no paint to maintain, no body that gets easily dented, impact resistant glass, electric, high performance, long range, great torque and acceleration, can haul stuff, can fit a family, can be used in a pinch for power, and looks awesome. And maybe the self driving stuff will turn out to be useful too. Too soon to say. Electric vehicles are coming much more slowly where I am and they cost 1.5-2x…

Um... the impact resistant glass was not especially impact resistant at the unveiling, but you just go on believing that it was. Life is too short to get bummed out by consensus reality.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dingosity »

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #111
slashdev wrote: post #102

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Yes, I’d be surprised if it outsells the electric F150. That being said, I would obviously rather have the cybertruck. Time will tell if it was a good business decision or not for Tesla. I think they’ll do alright though, and nothing stops them from bringing out a more traditional truck later as well.

Nothing stops them from coming out with a more traditional truck later except that it clearly takes them many years to ship a new model, and all the while customers who want a truck now or don't want a cybertruck are going to competitors. Of course at this point they are committed to release. But I agree with others that releasing a more traditional truck would have been more savvy.

Why do you think they're committed to a release?

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dingosity »

slashdev wrote: post #90
klyrs wrote: post #54

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I've owned cars for almost 30 years and I have never once "maintained" my paint. Where do you live that this is a thing?

I envy you. My new car is only months old and I’m already having to pay to pop out dents and touch up paint. Careless people parking next to me.

It's the other people. It's always the other people.

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by dingosity »

slashdev wrote: post #93
clouddrover wrote: post #74

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> impact resistant glass Don't be suckered by Tesla's advertising drivel, and certainly don't repeat it. Here's the glass of a VW Golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzUh53H_VU Tesla's dog and pony show is for credulous rubes. You don't need to be one of those.

Unless I’m mistaken, there’s quite a difference between the cybertruck glass and regular auto glass. It doesn’t exist yet, so it’s possible that could change, but it’s also not marketing drivel.

Um. So. They're going to invent new glass between now and the time they ship the Cybertruck?

Re: The Cybertruck is years behind schedule, so Tesla is launching a $30 beer

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Post by [deleted] »

dingosity wrote: post #122
operatingthetan wrote: post #88

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Are you serious? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-kajBcyew Staging performers to act like fake robots on stage for a vaporware project doesn't strike you as exactly what you're talking about?

So... they're crisis actors? Maybe they're the same ones the government used for the school shootings?

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