The decision to halt production of Tesla’s polarizing polygonal pickup marks the end of an error.
Elon Musk, in a post on X, has officially called time on the Cybertruck, stating that “Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production.”
Produced for less than four years, the polarizing pickup is seemingly dying as it lived, with the news being greeted in a flurry of replies in praise of the EV as well as deriding it. James Star, claiming to be a Tesla employee, posted that it was “the saddest news! Cybertruck (was) the best car Tesla sold,” right next to a user called Captain Ford who simply replied to Musk with “Fuck that shitbox.”
Existing Cybertruck owners will have fun sourcing parts as they break down.
Me:
There are a lot of unsold Cybertrucks. The only reason so many even sold was because Musk used SpaceX to buy much of the inventory
If there’s demand for the parts, they’ll be able to get them for a good while
I thought it was also forcing the US government to purchase them as well.
It’s gonna be hilarious when they can no longer get parts in 5 years. They’ll still swear to the quality of Tesla though.
It’s got a massive battery pack that can be used for backup power. I’d totally buy one that doesn’t move and put it on blocks in front of my double wide.
They’ll just have to buy another new Tesla.
Are they still blocking people from selling used cyber trucks?
wat?
Cybertruck purchase agreements prevented re-selling the truck for a year. It was an anti-scalping measure
Turned out there wasn’t enough demand for the trucks for scalping to be a problem. It was only seen as necessary because of production delays and low production numbers, which probably contributed to apparent demand
It is a little funny to think about in hindsight. Tesla was worried demand would be so high scalpers would be buying up vehicles to flip, but demand ended up being so low the line had to be stopped within 4 years
wow. cybertruck bros are even dumber than I thought
Tesla banned you from ever buying a new Tesla if you sold your cyber truck, and had a clause to sue you for $50k or the amount you got from the sale, whichever was greater.
I guess they stopped doing this at some point, but if you bought it when it was new you weren’t allowed to resell it for a year
https://insideevs.com/news/700286/tesla-cybertruck-no-resale-clause-returns-foundation-series-orders/