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

Post by Tanoc » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 8:33 PM UTC

joenot443 wrote: post #239

Tanoc wrote: post #104

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The thing is, the people most likely to complain that the Cybertruck is a bad vehicle are the people who are informed about it. The wider public doesn't know about things like the tonneau cover leaking, wheel bearings failing, the suspension being stuck down and causing tire rub, the aerodynamic wheel covers that were causing tire failures because they were puncturing the sidewalls, the upper control arms that bend l…

> tonneau cover leaking, wheel bearings failing, the suspension being stuck down and causing tire rub, the aerodynamic wheel covers that were causing tire failures because they were puncturing the sidewalls I think unless you're the kind of person who specifically spends time online looking for reasons not to buy a Cybertruck, you probably wouldn't know _any_ of that.

Post by kylehotchkiss » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 8:38 PM UTC

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #48

Its the design. The memefication of reality is happening right under our eyes, and the Cybertruck is the perfect vehicle for it. Expect more such memetic design across everything. From people to products, the meme is the atomic unit of attention. Beauty is a secondary goal; to sprout memes is how you win in twenty twenty four - and beyond.

Post by Sabinus » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 8:41 PM UTC

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>They have world-class batteries and insatiable domestic demand Excellent, then they won't have an issue with losing their export markets to tariffs, because they can just sell their EVs to the "insatiable demand" of the local consumers. >what if China is undercutting us because their cars are just better Price/performance they ARE better, China can produce cheaper because of their years of (government aided) investm…

> excellent, then they won't have an issue with losing their export markets to tariffs, because they can just sell their EVs to the "insatiable demand" of the local consumers. that’s what happened but the point in discussion here is why Tesla does not have competition in the US and the answer is simple

Post by fragmede » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 8:58 PM UTC

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But I don't see it a whole lot worse than a forum of users listing all the problem they without having any kind of statistic on exactly how frequent these issues are, per vehicle, per mile driven etc. People who have problems with their cybertruck will go and post about it. Understandably, they are also frustrated, the posts sound angry, and then any journalist can repost/compile all those to make it sound like these…

Agreed! More objectively I’m pretttty sure Cybertruck has had an abnormal number of recalls since its introduction, but yeah: we need statistics to make any confident claims.

Post by fragmede » Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 9:07 PM UTC

Tanoc wrote: post #301

joenot443 wrote: post #239

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> tonneau cover leaking, wheel bearings failing, the suspension being stuck down and causing tire rub, the aerodynamic wheel covers that were causing tire failures because they were puncturing the sidewalls I think unless you're the kind of person who specifically spends time online looking for reasons not to buy a Cybertruck, you probably wouldn't know _any_ of that.

Savage Geese, The Autopian, The Drive, Road & Track, and Motor Trend all individually reported on some or all of these issues. The tonneau cover leaks became a meme that people reposted on places like TikTok and Instagram. It's not those terminally online, it's that in the first year of the Cybertruck's release a bunch of outlets were documenting it because it brings in readers.