All 173 of them.
Yes, you read that correctly:
Tesla only sold 173 of the Cybertruck RWD base model.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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That makes sense.
If you want a Cybertruck, you want the all-wheel version.
If you want a Cybertruck, you want ~~the all-wheel version~~ a vasectomy.
Please don't reproduce.
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I sure would want an overweight ford pinto reinvisioned as a modern brutalist steel casket that is less mobile than the original model-t.
This fine piece of... engineering that:
... struggles to run (and drive) in the cold...
... has routine problems in humidify and (god forbid) rain...
... AND elicits the same public response as a clown car ...
... Really just fills that void in me.
... On my daily commute in my rental car to pay for the rental and my fortress of solitude on wheels that is out of commission - again - for another comical reason.
How many versions of the trashcan are there?
Iirc but cant be arsed to check, 3 models - base (rwd) mid range (awd) and premium (awd with a bigger battery)
"premium" 😂
I was living in Arlington VA near the new Amazon corporate HQ. I feel like I saw all 173 of those things.
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RWD=Really Weird Design
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At least the front didn't fall off.
Most of the time the front doesn't fall off at all! Unless a wave hits it.
Classic. No, I didn't click. Please don't be Rick Astley (also a classic). OK I did click and it's not. Here's the context... Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off - YouTube
It might be better if it was made of cardboard or cardboard derivatives.
At least the front didn’t fall off.
It's not typical, I'd like to make that clear
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No good reason for Tesla to still have a 1.5t market cap when Toyota sells 10x more cars at 300b, or ford sells twice as much at 50b. The quality sure isn't better, and I doubt the margin on sales makes up for this.
The only competitive advantage is an egotistical nazi imbecile at the helm, and I only say it's an advantage simply because they're still holding value somehow
The market is completely divorced from fundamentals. It's a casino, and the government bailing out connected companies every downturn has perverted the natural pricing of these stocks.
I wonder how long that can continue, somethings gotta give with all these straws they keep adding to the struggling camel, one assumes anyway
Right? But it's been like 7 plus years, longer really, at some point the FED and USG (US government,) won't be able to hold up this house of cards. But when?
The sad fact is they will bail these assholes out on our backs too, another straw, with the promise of trillions of straws on our backs. Something has got to give here. We are on an unsustainable path.
It's a safety feature. You're actually safer once the wheels fall off, because it can no longer go anywhere.
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The stock market is clownicized. That the flagship product of this company being dogshit, whose intrinsic value can't exceed 10 billion didn't tank the stock price that is currently valued at 1.5 trillion dollars, that gave the ceo 60 billion for hyping the stock price without producing actual income to justify that, well, it speaks for itself.
I would argue our bail outs are a factor in this, investor's don't fear a major downturn and are more reckless, knowing any large losses will be socialized from the backs of working people, their victims, while all gains are privatized.
Price to earnings is a sanity check. There is no sanity here (Tesla), nor does it apply to many such corpos, line must go up! The only sanity is (insider) knowing enough to get out at the right time, if you don't, you're the product (fattened pig).
Some of them are built so the front doesn't fall off at all.
It's 'beyond' the environment.
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Is this also because they didnt use enough glue?
The Cybertruck is the perfect metaphor for modern-day America.
Falling apart.
A danger to everyone, both inside and out.
Spontaneously catches fire.
Many of its passengers are trapped inside.
Described as the best thing ever by the worst people ever.
There's probably more
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In a normal company, insisting on bringing the cybertruck to marked would have resulted in the CEO getting punted.
Gotta pack the board with lickspittles and family members.
This thing is stupid.
the hot glue panel and gas pedal assembly is Musk genius. You don't understand.
Why make it safe if you can still sell it to morons?
Btw, nobody sued them?
They likely made people waive their right to sue in buying it, welcome to the 21st century.
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Indeed it is. If it had amazing capabilities and performance off road, if it was bulletproof, if its body panels (and apparently wheels) wouldnt fall off, if it had perfect self driving capabilities... It would still be stupid.
But it doesn't have any of those tings. Its extremely stupid.
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It RUSTS easy, it slices hands, and deer in half, it works half of the time. it traps you in the car turning it into a COFFIN and might catch on fire.
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A-hahahahahahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! breathes deeply AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I didn't realize they offered a NWD option.
No wonder this thing is banned in Europe. It didn't pass the safety test. Luckily America has much more freedom and much loser regulations.
https://www.ecoportal.net/uk/europe-bans-cybertruck-massive-scale/114/
Looser regulations.
But loser regulations on quite a lot of things too.
Carry on.
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In this case, it is typical.
🎶The wheels on the Cybertruck 🎶fall off and off 🎵
they should have used a focus group
Booh!
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