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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,060 posts)
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:19 PM Dec 2025

Musk's SpaceX purchases over 1,000 Cybertrucks as demand plummets: 'You have to wonder what other tricks they pull

Elon Musk is resorting to one of the oldest tricks in the book, robbing Peter to pay Paul, to boost demand for Cybertrucks.

What's happening?
Electrek reported on how Musk is using one of his companies, SpaceX, to help make up for a massive shortfall of a market for the controversial Cybertruck.

Tesla is facing challenges selling even 20,000 Cybertrucks annually, far below Musk's initial projections of 500,000, per Electrek's analysis. As a result, Tesla is left with large stockpiles of the vehicles even as they've heavily reduced their production.

Making a small dent in the inventory is SpaceX. The company has already bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks with room to double its fleet. An X user shared a video of a lot teeming with the vehicles.




https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-spacex-purchases-over-000500075.html
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Musk's SpaceX purchases over 1,000 Cybertrucks as demand plummets: 'You have to wonder what other tricks they pull (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2025 OP
I wonder if the flat panels will prove useful in building battleships. bucolic_frolic Dec 2025 #1
Ugliest truck and company on the planet. Lochloosa Dec 2025 #2
Dumpster on wheels durablend Dec 2025 #9
A tax write-off? NameAlreadyTaken Dec 2025 #3
I thought his multi-billion retirement package contained markers Tesla would have to meet in order to get paid. in2herbs Dec 2025 #4
Eloon is cooking the books sakabatou Dec 2025 #5
he doesnt get his $1t if he doesnt get the numbers. mopinko Dec 2025 #11
Maybe he would sell more if they weren't expensive pieces of junk. mwmisses4289 Dec 2025 #6
Deploreans are the ugliest, dumbest looking johnnyfins Dec 2025 #7
They might work as artificial reefs. nt Buns_of_Fire Dec 2025 #8
With money from our edhopper Dec 2025 #10
OK. I'll ask the dumb question. Bluetus Dec 2025 #12

in2herbs

(4,437 posts)
4. I thought his multi-billion retirement package contained markers Tesla would have to meet in order to get paid.
Wed Dec 24, 2025, 09:36 PM
Dec 2025

So is he using our tax money to buy these "trucks" so that he can meet the markers to get his retirement package???

mopinko

(73,768 posts)
11. he doesnt get his $1t if he doesnt get the numbers.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:02 AM
Dec 2025

he’s never gonna see that money, but he’s gonna try to fake it.

Bluetus

(2,905 posts)
12. OK. I'll ask the dumb question.
Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:34 AM
Dec 2025

Why does SpaceX need ANY pick-up trucks, let alone 1000?

This seems like cooking the books, but it is cooking the SpaceX books more than the Tesla books.

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