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Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:28 AM Dec 2024

The beginning of the end for tesla?

Looks like Musk's 'CyberTruck' is going the way of the Edsel....

Tesla is Buffing Foundation Series Badges Off Cybertrucks to Sell Them as Regular Trucks

Fred Lambert Dec 14 2024 - 10:18 am PT
Source: https://electrek.co/2024/12/14/tesla-buffing-foundation-series-badges-off-cybertrucks-sell-them-as-regular/

Tesla is turning some of its Foundation Series Cybertrucks into regular Cybertrucks to sell them and sending hundreds of US Cybertrucks to be homologated in Canada as it is having issues selling them in the US.

-snip-

On top of the $20,000 bundle of features and accessories that Tesla is adding to the Foundation Series Cybertruck, the vehicles also have special laser etched badging outside of the vehicle and Foundation badging inside on the dash.

Tesla is sending the Cybertrucks to service and collision centers around the US to have those removed in order to sell them as regular Cybertruck for $20,000 less.

Sources familiar with the matter also confirmed that Tesla plans to modify over 800 Cybertrucks to homologate them for the Canadian market and ship them to Canada, where Tesla believes they have a better chance to sell them.

-snip-


Apparently 97% of reservation holders for these "Foundation Series" first-orders never committed to a purchase.
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The beginning of the end for tesla? (Original Post) Think. Again. Dec 2024 OP
Saw another one of these monstrosities a few days ago. Biophilic Dec 2024 #1
I saw the GMC Denali EV the other day. Initech Dec 2024 #13
Varooom! Though perhaps "swisshh" is a better sound effect for an EV BoRaGard Dec 2024 #18
President Biden should do a freeby push zorbasd Dec 2024 #26
DAMN! get the red out Dec 2024 #27
I suspect the muskrat will 'bust out' the entire Tesla operation EYESORE 9001 Dec 2024 #2
You mean like when they burned down the Copa? BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #10
Figuratively, yes EYESORE 9001 Dec 2024 #15
Some burn pretty good. Takes thousands of gallons of water to put out the battery fires. usonian Dec 2024 #37
Canada? The Madcap Dec 2024 #3
I don't know... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #6
Then again, there's a video of one being towed off a snowy road . . . hatrack Dec 2024 #7
HaHa! "problems with it's 4 wheel drive" Think. Again. Dec 2024 #8
Tesla has a lot of headwindd Mopar151 Dec 2024 #4
"Homologate"? Cool - haven't learned a new word in a while! hatrack Dec 2024 #5
Yeah, that was a new one on me as well. Xavier Breath Dec 2024 #24
Those things are fugly. mwmisses4289 Dec 2024 #9
Good. Those are pure freak show. We watched someone trying Nixie Dec 2024 #11
Here's the latest boonecreek Dec 2024 #12
These things ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #14
I've always thought they look like a high school shop class project gone very,very bad Bengus81 Dec 2024 #29
It escapes me why Tesla would think Disaffected Dec 2024 #16
Odd that their stocks are going through the roof n/t Polybius Dec 2024 #17
Why is it odd? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #20
I'm just saying that I don't believe it will be the end Polybius Dec 2024 #25
I see Musk has hall monitors on DU as well as Trump. Kingofalldems Dec 2024 #19
Tesla/Musk fans ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #30
Oh you noticed that too? BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #34
This vehicle was undoubtedly his coffeenap Dec 2024 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author WarGamer Dec 2024 #22
Yes, the stock price has, because of the trump connection... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #31
Have you been happy with your Cyber Truck? BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #33
I don't want one... WarGamer Dec 2024 #36
Thanks for clearing that up. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #38
Canada should slap a big fat tariff on those for being such abominations. Sogo Dec 2024 #23
Company has as many shares outstanding as the average penny stock Bengus81 Dec 2024 #28
And if he sells any, crash. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #32
Tesla, along with everything else the Musk boy touches, City Lights Dec 2024 #35

Biophilic

(5,449 posts)
1. Saw another one of these monstrosities a few days ago.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:36 AM
Dec 2024

All I could was that someone had both very poor taste and was stupid to boot. I’ve owned trucks. They were good looking and useful. Stupid people with very stupid trucks.

Initech

(104,400 posts)
13. I saw the GMC Denali EV the other day.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 12:04 PM
Dec 2024

That thing was beautiful looking inside and out. GM really did their homework. On top of being a functioning EV, it’s also a working truck on top of that. No need to give money to Elon and his ridiculous monstrosity!

zorbasd

(364 posts)
26. President Biden should do a freeby push
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:46 PM
Dec 2024

for the EV GMC Denali, calling it a real working man's truck....and watch that fascist SA Eloon shit a brick.

EYESORE 9001

(27,988 posts)
2. I suspect the muskrat will 'bust out' the entire Tesla operation
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:39 AM
Dec 2024

‘Bust out’ in the mob sense included (see Goodfellas). That’s not to say vulture capital firms won’t have a go at the carcass before final disposition, however.

usonian

(16,854 posts)
37. Some burn pretty good. Takes thousands of gallons of water to put out the battery fires.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 10:52 PM
Dec 2024

Tesla 2025 calendars here.

https://anonymfile.com/l34AW/teslacal.pdf'
Downloaded copy looks clean.

Hot item.

The Madcap

(1,074 posts)
3. Canada?
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 09:41 AM
Dec 2024

I wonder how well they will cope with the frigid cold, ice, and snow. Probably not too well, I would guess.

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
6. I don't know...
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 10:22 AM
Dec 2024

Wide wheel base, very heavy, with the right tires they would probably be okay in the snowy cold.

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
8. HaHa! "problems with it's 4 wheel drive"
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 10:35 AM
Dec 2024

It's obviously they were only made to look like they actually work.

Remember when the "unbreakable" windows were easily shattered during the on stage introduction?

Pathetic.

hatrack

(62,131 posts)
5. "Homologate"? Cool - haven't learned a new word in a while!
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 10:20 AM
Dec 2024
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homologate



More to the point, there's a Tesla dealership not far from where we live. There were at least 30 Cyberdumpsters on the lot, maybe more. Back in September there were maybe six.

I need to swing by and pretend to be a customer and get a real count.

Xavier Breath

(5,455 posts)
24. Yeah, that was a new one on me as well.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:56 PM
Dec 2024

Sounds like yet another scandal with the "gate" suffix attached.

mwmisses4289

(801 posts)
9. Those things are fugly.
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 11:37 AM
Dec 2024

Saw one this weekend in the parking lot at work. Have also seen a few on the roads around here. Just goes to show that some people have more money than sense.

Nixie

(17,580 posts)
11. Good. Those are pure freak show. We watched someone trying
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 11:53 AM
Dec 2024

to load things in one at a Home Depot and had to laugh.

ForgedCrank

(2,592 posts)
14. These things
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 12:09 PM
Dec 2024

were never a utility truck. And let's face it, 95% (or more) of the ones sold were sold to urban people and the truck will never leave the pavement. I think Musk banked on that.
Anyone who actually uses a truck for its intended purpose could have (and did) tell people that this thing was never a real truck to begin with and couldn't possibly do much more than haul groceries or a TV from Best Buy. It was not built to do any real work. I also see a lot of these videos where the person trying to show you how the truck fails (example the one above trying to climb a slick hill), have no idea how to even do what they are trying to do, so it's a combination of both. the F150 couldn't make it up that hill either, without knowing how to do it, hence why it stays up on flat and dry ground to do the work.

Not to even mention how butt ugly that thing is. For some reason a lot of people can't help but to follow and mimic the latest fads and trends, and the cybertruck is or was nothing more than that. It was new and they insisted on having one because no one else did. It's all about getting attention.

Disaffected

(5,482 posts)
16. It escapes me why Tesla would think
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:34 PM
Dec 2024

they would have a better market in Canada for those things.

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
20. Why is it odd?
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 01:45 PM
Dec 2024

Any company that closely connected to an incoming President would do that.

Polybius

(19,625 posts)
25. I'm just saying that I don't believe it will be the end
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 02:18 PM
Dec 2024

Tesla will become the number 1 car manufacturing company in the US, it's only a matter of time.

ForgedCrank

(2,592 posts)
30. Tesla/Musk fans
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:53 PM
Dec 2024

are kind of like Apple/Mac folks, they are for some reason loyal to the death. I don't get it.
I've never necessarily been a Musk fan, but I also don't think he's the son of the devil. He's a pretty intelligent man when it comes to business. I can only imagine how well he could do if he would lay off the drugs.

BannonsLiver

(19,027 posts)
34. Oh you noticed that too?
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 04:41 PM
Dec 2024

I can only assume musk isn’t the only person they support in this cabal.

Response to Think. Again. (Original post)

Think. Again.

(22,330 posts)
31. Yes, the stock price has, because of the trump connection...
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 04:18 PM
Dec 2024

...but actual sales are sinking just as fast.

WarGamer

(16,733 posts)
36. I don't want one...
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:45 PM
Dec 2024

I rented a Tesla once... hate the regen braking. Damn thing almost comes to a hard stop when you lift off the gas.

Plus I'm retired now so can't justify $100k for a car...

Back in 2005 I bought a new 911... the most I've ever spent but I was working like a horse back then.

BannonsLiver

(19,027 posts)
38. Thanks for clearing that up.
Wed Dec 18, 2024, 04:45 PM
Dec 2024

I know you’re passionate about Tesla and Elon etc. so it’s a tad surprising you don’t own one.

Bengus81

(8,533 posts)
28. Company has as many shares outstanding as the average penny stock
Tue Dec 17, 2024, 03:35 PM
Dec 2024

Over 3 BILLION. Eloon owns 400 million.

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