Is the Cyber Truck a Flop?

[Oaktree]

Having driven my Cousin's Cyber Truck and taking it back to our hunting property last month in the snow with 3 of us in it and it performing just fine and never even spinning a wheel, I was very impressed. I was also impressed at how the battery adapted to the very cold temperature (never got above 15 degrees (f) the entire time we were up there). I was impressed and granted it's fugly but as the old saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

But there's no reason you can't build an E-truck that's otherwise a normal truck. It doesn't have to have weird non-intuitive controls or look like something out of a bad 80s sci-fi movie.

 

[5030]

Like I said previously, 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' and my cousin likes the truck and he bought it, not me.

Personally speaking I like it a lot better than the lifted, wheels sticking out the sides, loud exhaust behemoth things that fly down the road sucking up expensive fuel and really doing nothing but posing. The Cyber truck does what it needs to do, quietly and efficiently, least from my perspective it does and unlike I believe all the commenters on this thread, I had a chance to drive one, on road and off road and it does what it's supposed to do, least in my view it does.

Again, I'd never own one but getting the chance to drive one, I was very impressed with it. Now, if Elon wants to give me one......

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I wouldn't drive one if I got it for free. Dumb looking.

 

[5030]

I wouldn't drive one if I got it for free. Dumb looking.

Nice thing about living here is you have choices as well as opinions and while my opinion may not be aligned with yours, I'm still allowed to express mine.

My cousin likes them and owns 3 Tesla's and I suspect he's worth a lot more than you are anyway. I'm also pretty confident he could care less what your opinion is anyway.

Like the old, well worn adage says... 'opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one and most stink'....lol

 

[jmc]

...and I suspect he's worth a lot more than you are anyway. .....

Like the old, well worn adage says... 'opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one and most stink'....lol

Irony alert.

 

[5030]

Irony alert.

Huh.....

 

[scootr]

I don't like the look of them. I view people who drive the the same way I view people driving super expensive cars.
I's just not for me. I suspect most cybertruck owners don't really need a working truck. They are certainly not gonna be pulling their gooseneck trailer with that.

 

[5030]

You got it exactly right. Not for everyone but for a few. Just like owning a Bugatti. Not for everyone (and certainly not me) but there will always be a select few that own and can afford one.

The rest of us have to be satisified with a cookie cutter vehicle that today is overpriced anyway.

 

[Renze]

I wouldn't drive one if I got it for free. Dumb looking.

That was exactly the point... It was never targeted at the business owner that needs a practical work truck... It was targeted at people who want something different.

What is Teslas share doing nowadays ? It used to be a pyramid scheme, people were paying whatever the price, because they thought it was a scarcity like Bitcoins and that prices would only keep going up...

Whether Tesla shares or Bitcoins, there is no(t enough) physical value to back it, only peoples hopes and dreams...

There was a time that Musk could refinance by emitting shares... though in Europe, Tesla sales have tanked 40% since Musk became an outspoken political player to whom many dont want to be likened to, instead of the new age businessman people wanted to be likened to...

So i have a hunch that sooner or later, the hot air in Tesla stock releases..

 

[ruffdog]

So i have a hunch that sooner or later, the hot air in Tesla stock releases..

I think that air has been hissing out for a while now.