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Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by TMWNN »

BeefWellington wrote: post #54
sashank_1509 wrote: post #40

The weird thing I’ve seen is in almost all the online forums I visit, like Reddit, YouTube comment sections, parts of twitter, hacker news, the cybertruck is universally panned. Yet when I drove a cybertruck, the number of onlookers who approached me inquiring about the car with excitement is unmatched with even a Lamborghini that I once rented. Shows how much of a bubble the internet alone is. MKBHD got the ratio’s…

For a number of years, a friend of mine has had a '99 Plymouth Prowler. If I were to base car popularity based solely on people coming up to ask about the car, his would win hands down and you'd assume (naturally) that Plymouth just couldn't manufacture enough to keep up with demand. There's a huge difference between attention-grabbing looks to a vehicle that will have people stop you and ask about it and what people…

> For a number of years, a friend of mine has had a '99 Plymouth Prowler. If I were to base car popularity based solely on people coming up to ask about the car, his would win hands down and you'd assume (naturally) that Plymouth just couldn't manufacture enough to keep up with demand. There's a huge difference between attention-grabbing looks to a vehicle that will have people stop you and ask about it and what people will actually buy when it comes time to buy their next car.

You should give sashank_1509 enough credit to be able to distinguish between the jokey/mocking questions your friend's Prowler gets, and the enthusiastic ones he reports receiving.

>It's tempting to point to its position as #3 overall as an overwhelming success

There is no other way to spin a $100K car being the #3 overall EV vehicle of any type other than a success, especially given that a) #1 and #2 are also Tesla vehicles, and b) one of them was the world's best-selling car of any kind, EV or not, in 2023.

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by FireBeyond »

sashank_1509 wrote: post #40

The weird thing I’ve seen is in almost all the online forums I visit, like Reddit, YouTube comment sections, parts of twitter, hacker news, the cybertruck is universally panned. Yet when I drove a cybertruck, the number of onlookers who approached me inquiring about the car with excitement is unmatched with even a Lamborghini that I once rented. Shows how much of a bubble the internet alone is. MKBHD got the ratio’s…

> MKBHD got the ratio’s right in his review, 75% of all approaching population are excited about the car and when asked to guess its price, they all wildly overestimate it, guessing close to a million than a 100k

This has to be hyperbole. There are many in the middle class areas I spend a lot of time in, and even $100K cars are a rarity here. No-one is thinking "oh, wow, sure are a lot of people who just bought million dollar cars, here where the median home price is $500-600K!"

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by FireBeyond »

enslavedrobot wrote: post #67
entropicdrifter wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's true of the range, but the Cybertruck is also terrible in terms of torque, horsepower, and suspension compared to the Rivian truck or the F150 Lightning. Those EV trucks are very practical. The Cybertruck, not so much. As others in this comment section have pointed out, it's more of a luxury SUV than anything else.

That doesn't explain this tractor pull result where the tri-motor cybertruck outperforms both those EVs and an F350. https://youtu.be/Pj2jMhwKuv4?si=rJ8B1NnzBvR6usqa

Oh, just like the video Tesla released of the CT towing a 911 faster than the 911?

Entirely objective, not misleading?

I'm sure there won't be multiple publications completely debunking this video too like they did the 911 video.

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by sabbaticaldev »

TMWNN wrote: post #71
BeefWellington wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For a number of years, a friend of mine has had a '99 Plymouth Prowler. If I were to base car popularity based solely on people coming up to ask about the car, his would win hands down and you'd assume (naturally) that Plymouth just couldn't manufacture enough to keep up with demand. There's a huge difference between attention-grabbing looks to a vehicle that will have people stop you and ask about it and what people…

> For a number of years, a friend of mine has had a '99 Plymouth Prowler. If I were to base car popularity based solely on people coming up to ask about the car, his would win hands down and you'd assume (naturally) that Plymouth just couldn't manufacture enough to keep up with demand. There's a huge difference between attention-grabbing looks to a vehicle that will have people stop you and ask about it and what peop…

> There is no other way to spin a $100K car being the #3 overall EV vehicle of any type other than a success, especially given that

they have the US government block competition

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by thebruce87m »

RollAHardSix wrote: post #57

My girlfriend owns one so to share our experience, the cybertruck is an unreliable POS. She's had it three, four months now & we have had it in the shop for suspension repair, an ECU computer which fried itself at a charging station (2k), a coolant leak part replacement from the cyberbeast rear engine (1400), the passenger window falling inside the door after the wire used in the gear window retraction snapped or tan…

> She had about two or three tires slashed or had the air nozzle cut off and sentry mode didn't catch anything except the back of the persons head.

Who is doing this? Anti-Musk people? Anti-EV people? I’m not from the US so I’m not familiar with the politics.

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by GenerWork »

thebruce87m wrote: post #76
RollAHardSix wrote: post #57

My girlfriend owns one so to share our experience, the cybertruck is an unreliable POS. She's had it three, four months now & we have had it in the shop for suspension repair, an ECU computer which fried itself at a charging station (2k), a coolant leak part replacement from the cyberbeast rear engine (1400), the passenger window falling inside the door after the wire used in the gear window retraction snapped or tan…

> She had about two or three tires slashed or had the air nozzle cut off and sentry mode didn't catch anything except the back of the persons head. Who is doing this? Anti-Musk people? Anti-EV people? I’m not from the US so I’m not familiar with the politics.

I'm betting it's anti-Musk people or depending on where OP lives, perhaps an area that's gentrifying and is filled with people who dislike said gentrification.

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by GenerWork »

standardUser wrote: post #68

Here's the thing about the Cybertruck, if you give it a decent paint job it actually looks kind of amazing... https://pristineautospa.com/the-benefits-and-advantages-of-c... It's the unfinished metal look that absolutely baffles me.

Tesla somehow made a vehicle that only looks its best when you put an aftermarket wrap/paintjob on it. It's almost impressive when you think about it.

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by inhumantsar »

unsnap_biceps wrote: post #30
caycep wrote: post #15

tbh I continue to say the i3 scale/weight was what mass market EV transportation should have been designed towards (and more efforts focused on public trans than single/small n occupant cars). Societal/environmental cost of 6000-7000 lb behemoths erase any emissions gains from going EV.

I really wish they would have continued to make the i3 and reduce the cost. It was perfect for a lot of people but the price was just too high.

So basically the sub-$30k Chevy Bolt EV and EUV. US sales broke 60,000 units in 2023.

Re: Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US

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Post by Spooky23 »

sashank_1509 wrote: post #40

The weird thing I’ve seen is in almost all the online forums I visit, like Reddit, YouTube comment sections, parts of twitter, hacker news, the cybertruck is universally panned. Yet when I drove a cybertruck, the number of onlookers who approached me inquiring about the car with excitement is unmatched with even a Lamborghini that I once rented. Shows how much of a bubble the internet alone is. MKBHD got the ratio’s…

Idk. I’d imagine it has more to do with the preorders and how they can stuff shipments.

I got to drive one… it’s an objectively terrible car. I would imagine that as the look gets let’s novel that attention will wane quickly. When they get the inevitable prominent pedestrian collision on video, it has Pinto potential.

It’s weird because the last “new” Tesla was the Model Y I think, and that is an incredibly well thought out car — probably the 2020s equivalent of the 1980s Taurus or Camry.

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