Re:Tesla truck: $10.5B in pre-orders with $0 in ad spend
by taurath on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:23PM
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People are hype because.... end of the day, they ship products that basically do what they say, and what they say is a big leap from what you have now. The stats on the tesla truck are incredible, just clearly better than other trucks announced at the moment. The hype is - wow we're getting something new, and we can trust these people to deliver it.
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Re:Tesla truck: $10.5B in pre-orders with $0 in ad spend
by serf on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @06:03AM
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>People are hype because.... end of the day, they ship products that basically do what they say, and what they say is a big leap from what you have now.
The hype train existed before Tesla was a company with a proven track record.
Elon Musk is an incredibly good hype-man.
I'm not saying that it's undeserved, but if cultivating the enthusiasm of others is a skill, folks like Musk have it.
Re:Tesla truck: $10.5B in pre-orders with $0 in ad spend
by dayaz36 on Thursday November 28, 2019 @01:06AM
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You're right. Creating incredible products that people love is a good skill that creates enthusiasm
Re:Tesla truck: $10.5B in pre-orders with $0 in ad spend
by huebnerob on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:12PM
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Cybertruck isn't even competitive, let alone impressive, in its market segment. Doug DeMuro did a great rundown of this here: https://youtu.be/Q-0DdRHA-ZQ
Re:Tesla truck: $10.5B in pre-orders with $0 in ad spend
by lonelappde on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:47PM
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What does that 15minute lecture say?
Re:Tesla truck: $10.5B in pre-orders with $0 in ad spend
by kube-system on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @12:31AM
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It basically says that cheap work trucks make better work trucks. Like many of Doug’s opinions, he’s not wrong, he’s just missing the point. Nobody is going to buy a Tesla truck based solely on towing capacity.
He seems to be making the argument that people bought the Model 3 because it’s a “good value” and won’t do the same for the cyber truck.
No Doug, people buy a Toyota Camry because it’s a good value. They buy a Model 3 because it’s freakin cool and it’s not $80,000. The cyber truck’s value proposition is not “utilitarian vehicle” either.