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I just wish they kept the ultrasonic sensors instead of solely relying on Tesla Vision. That was a huge mistake and they refuse to acknowledge it and instead insist Vision is better and all that is necessary. It's an inferior product.
I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.
Not buying from Tesla because you hate Elon is just as silly as buying from Tesla because you love Elon.
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Why do you like the cyber truck?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37934831 > I traded a Toyota full size pickup truck in for my first Tesla, a Model S, because Tesla needed to move units to survive. I'm looking forward to closing the loop, trading that Model S (with almost 110k miles on it after driving cross country in six years) in for my Cybertruck. It's ugly, I love it, I don't care what it costs. I don't need a fancy EV. I want an EV I can…
I am Jack's piqued curiousity.
I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.
I will take your reservation if you have one. I have one, but am looking for a second. I can like the cars but not like Elon, very little nuance required in holding the position [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37949037
Above the $44B, I mean.
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I continue to be puzzled by people's strong opinions on Elon. He's says dumb things on social media but there seem to be unusually strong sacred contagion effects from that. Buying petrol from Shell or cereal from Nestle? No problem. Buying a Model 3 from Tesla? No way! Honestly, I'd be surprised if there weren't a ton of people with the same views on immigration or trans issues or covid or whatever, each associated…
I think it's just politics mixed with his Twitter ownership making him enemy number one of the mainstream press (replacing Zuck - they like Zuck now). You get article after article hating on him - it ends up affecting reputation and public sentiment. Humanity is lucky to have him, despite his faults.
I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.
Not buying from Tesla because you hate Elon is just as silly as buying from Tesla because you love Elon.
I have no problem with an eccentric CEO, but I do have a problem with the bald face lies he makes.
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37934831 > I traded a Toyota full size pickup truck in for my first Tesla, a Model S, because Tesla needed to move units to survive. I'm looking forward to closing the loop, trading that Model S (with almost 110k miles on it after driving cross country in six years) in for my Cybertruck. It's ugly, I love it, I don't care what it costs. I don't need a fancy EV. I want an EV I can…
> (I live out of a duffel bag with a starlink dish and am constantly mobile) I am Jack's piqued curiousity.
This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyone to get bigger cars. And the loop continues.
See: https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjun-2009/exploring-....
It's massive!
Prediction: if it does poorly people will call Musk a failure. If it does well people will call Musk a grifter. Either way people will be salty.
I don't see how he would be a grifter. I just think it's a hilariously stupid, ugly car, that seems to lack a crumple zone. If people want to buy that I'm not going to think less of Elon, but I'm going to wonder how people can look at that thing and not think it's super cringe. If it fails I'll think fewer people have embarrassingly bad taste, which I guess would be nice.
I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.
Not buying from Tesla because you hate Elon is just as silly as buying from Tesla because you love Elon.