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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 Spooky23 »

bombcar wrote: post #16
mikestew wrote: post #4

My witty retort would have been, “yeah, well, people bought the Pontiac Aztek, too.”, except Tesla has sold almost as many Cybertrucks in the 3rd quarter as Pontiac sold Azteks in an entire peak sales year.

Was it the Aztek that had really rabid fans? It was one of those boxy ones. Never could figure out if they actually had really good reasons for it or were just trying to justify having bought an Aztek.

The Aztek would have been a cult car if it wasn’t GM. It had the hoseable cabin, the center console was a removable cooler, etc.

But it had all of the stupid GMisms. Every expense was spared. It turned out to be like the malnourished love child of a Nissan Xterra and a Ford Windstar.

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

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Post by Spooky23 »

MostlyStable wrote: post #46

It is honestly baffling to me how many people have such strong opinions on the Cyber Truck. I don't personally like the aesthetic, but the majority of the reason I wouldn't get one is that I really don't like Teslas interior design/control scheme (which, much like apple, has lead a lot of manufacturers to copy them). I hate the 100% touch screen thing that they have decided on. But like...also, I just won't buy one.…

All of these things are by design. Musk’s strategy is to be in the news and for the product to be him.

He must have fired his PR team and gave up on the visionary genius schtick. Many people will hate that he’s revealed his true self to the world and it isn’t pretty.

But the car sucks too.

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

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Post by mensetmanusman »

Spooky23 wrote: post #80
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 thou…

It only feels like a car because of the amazing steer by wire. It’s actually a truck though.

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

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Post by mensetmanusman »

forgetfreeman wrote: post #56
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…

I actually saw one in person for the first time a couple days ago. I had a great laugh at the owner's expense. He could better serve his desperate need for attention at a fraction of the price by hosting a block party or driving a 70s F150 or similar (aka an actual truck). Unlike many folks who think these things are trash I'm delighted they're on the market. Characterless voids trying to trowel over their emptiness…

A hinged take.

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

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Post by lm28469 »

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…

Yeah because street folks impressed by a hunk of steel and thinking it cost a million dollars aren't in a bubble aha

There are a lot of terrible cars that impress non car people

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

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Post by mensetmanusman »

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.

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

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Post by asadotzler »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #83
Spooky23 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 thou…

It only feels like a car because of the amazing steer by wire. It’s actually a truck though.

It's not a truck though. It's a unibody car with a bed and big wheels. Trucks are body on frame and can do real work without the back falling off.

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

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Post by aeonik »

FireBeyond wrote: post #74
enslavedrobot wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Are you talking about the debunking videos that highlight that the Cybertruck only beat the Porsche in the 1/8 mile and not the whole quarter mile? And that Cybertruck is still basically a 10 second truck?

It's honestly a absurd and funny to me how fast the truck is. It's like seeing an elephant fly. It's even funnier to see people get angry at it.

I definitely don't like marketing and ads, but that's literally how all ads work. It doesn't debunk some of the insane performance characteristics.

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

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Post by Sabinus »

sabbaticaldev wrote: post #75
TMWNN wrote: post #71

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 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

Only from China. Non-communist non-dumping, friendly states are welcome to compete.

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

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Post by 39896880 »

inhumantsar wrote: post #79
unsnap_biceps wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The Bolt EUV is the perfect EV, and it’s a travesty that they stopped selling it. Hopefully the talk of them bringing it back is true.
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