Tesla will stop making the Cybertruck next year, according to CEO Elon Musk, who said on X that the company will use the factory space to build more two-seater Cybercab robotaxis.
The decision to wind down the futuristic, steel-clad EV comes after just a few short years of underwhelming sales. When Musk handed over the first few Cybertrucks in late 2023, he predicted Tesla would sell around 250,000 per year. It was supposed to be such a cornerstone of Tesla’s future that, before construction began, the company talked about its Texas factory as the “Cybertruck factory.” But Tesla has instead sold just tens of thousands — total — over the last three years.
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You think those cars will live long enough to become Oldtimers in the future?
Teslas are generally speaking good cars but the Cybertruck was fucking dumb. It’s like the Simpsons episode where Homer designs a car. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is the first thing Musk has actually designed himself.
Markets are working, it seems. Just a bit slowly.
Tesla initial product quality is in the shitter and has been for years. I don’t know anyone who owns a new Tesla who didn’t have to send it for repairs in their first year of ownership to correct production defects, some of them multiple times. From accounts I’ve read, the Cybertruck is worse than other Tesla models.
Once sorted, they seem OK, except for all the design quirks that compromise safety and usability. And I have no idea about their long-term durability.
As a side note, I know someone who owns a Roadster built in the pre-Musk Tesla era. That thing is extraordinarily well-built and has never given the owner trouble, except for speeding tickets. Ownership by Musk has been a value destroyer for Tesla.
Important to mention too, is that they frequently fail vehicle inspections. Here in Denmark the fail rates at the first inspection after 4 years are: Tesla Model Y - 45%, Tesla Model 3 - 34%, and for comparision, VW ID.4 - 2%.
They often fail due to excessive play in suspension components and control arm. Wild that a brand new car becomes a safety hazard due to shitty components that fast.
is this him trying to be an edgy teenager again, trying that cyberpunk.
Hopefully some niche enthusiasts club doesn’t build up around it and make them the new Delorean.
What!? The car of the future?
I can’t wait for my kids to finally stop pointing them out and saying, “Dad, there’s that car you hate.”
I’m a school bus driver. The only cars that elementary school kids get excited about are the ones that piss me off: cybertrucks, teslas in general, corvettes, lamborghinis. No other cars exist for kids.
I like loudly pointing them out to my wife with, “Hey babe, look. It’s one of those Nazi cars!”
It’s really fun when there are other people around, especially the owner.
Pretty soon you will Nazi them any more. They will be Reich there with the delorean in terms of rarity.
Shame Tesla went from making great luxury cars to mass produced cookie cutter… while CT isn’t for me, it was the last “premium” interior tesla did after axing S and X.
Couldn’t give a fuck about Musk. But their cars are still industry leading despite not doing shit for years. I will drive my 2020 model S till the wheels fall off and then some. NOTHING and I mean NOTHING compares to it. Like fuck, my only option is a range rover and I’d still be giving up tons of features.
Lemmy hates tesla, hates musk even more, is often against EVs so I’m sure I’m gonna get downvoted into oblivion. But happy to discuss and engage in EV talk! Plenty of great cars out there, just nothing above 40k mark that’s remotely doing it for me.
Fuk that Nazi
The Tesla bubble has popped. Every earnings call will be worse than the last, and will be followed by a stock slide. There is no saving it, no rehabbing it’s image. Trump may keep it alive with bailouts, but Tesla will be bankrupt the moment Trump is out of office.
Do they still keep them on the Whitehouse lawn?
Not sure that trump can do that now that team blue have their fingers on the congressional purse
Everything’s computer
There goes one of the surest indicators of people you should avoid. Much as I hate the ugly things, they were an awesome way for people with bad politics to tell on themselves.
Thank god we still have thin blue line punisher bumper stickers.
It’s honestly such a shame. EV that looks straight out of the N64? Progressive, yet counter culture because of how ugly it is. If the build quality wasn’t garbage and the CEO wasn’t a nazi, I’d love to drive one.
it was also so expensive to make that one of the cost cutting measures was to stop sealing the holes in the frame/underside that had that wires ran through with butyl rubber, Which meant now driving through a tiny puddle risked causing electrical shorts and thus erasing any savings from the cost cutting with warranty repairs.
which just highlights musks excellence in engineering. /s
And if it was like half the size instead of a pedestrian-killer 6000.
Weird the article didn’t mention that piece
He thought sales would be up here…
Holy shit. They were still making new ones?!
yes
Womp
Why on Earth would someone design a cab to only seat two people? The only time in the last two years that I’ve used a cab, it was to travel with a group.
The best guess I can figure is that an insufferable loser like Elon can’t fathom having two or more people that want to be in the same car as him.
No friends?
80% of all taxi rides are 2 or less people.
They also have the model y which can do 5 people.
It feels like there’s a big gap between the cab and the y. Would a self driving 3 (which can fit 5 people and they already have factories to build 90%+ of) not make way more sense?
They built more capacity for the Y as it’s a better selling vehicle, and if you already have a small car for the 1 and 2 people trips, using something bigger with more storage for the 3-5 people trips does make sense. I’m sure 3s will eventually end up in it though even if it’s just a way to balance factory output. Like if the 3 is selling less in a quarter and the factory is idling more, maybe adding some 3s to the robotaxi fleet instead of y’s that quarter begins to make sense?
And the model y can also do two people.
So again, why focus so hard on a two seater?
The Model Y costs substantially more to build, is more complicated to repair and costs more to run per mile.
When only 1/5 rides need that, it’s cheaper to mass produce something else. The plan is to make millions of these.
Yeah, right when they start to use their robots on the SpaceX Mars base.
I mean you don’t need to believe it’s going to happen, they only needed to believe while planning things and the impacts it would have on their decisions.
The only time I have ever taken a cab was when it was just 2 people. If there are going to be more people, then I will just use one of my cars. You are limited in the number of people you can take in a cab to 4 awkwardly, whereas in my car it is 5 and not awkward.
Every time I have needed a cab, its always more than two people with me. And we can’t take anyone’s car, because it’s illegal to drive and drink.
Guess he also can’t fathom the idea of actually going places with your family.
Just need room for the human shiel–erm, I mean child he’s spending quality time with that particular day.
I thought so as well, but then when you think about it… most taxis are kind of just the back seat? Still weird not to make it a three seater bench though. I guess they want you to book two if you want more than 2 people, cha-ching.
Tell me you don’t live in London without saying you don’t live in London.
Most people don’t live in London
Most taxis are not just the back seat.
Yes they are.
I think you have taxi and cop car confused.
And the boot in that thing is truly enormous… something a taxi does need.
This is true. I would budget a large suitcase per person. However with only 2 people the need for a large trunk is much less.
100% agree
so they can sell a 2nd cab to the other 2 people
