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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by Kevin_Flynn on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:20AM (#50391503)
Im curious about the timing of this announcement.

On the surface, it seems to take the wind out of their sails.

They told us the cybertruck was awesome.

They told us flying cars soon.

Now we see the fate of the first promise.

I would have delayed this announcement for as long as possible after the flying car show from a PR perspective.

Which makes me think this announcement is throwing a bone to the financial bean counters ahead of the potential merger with SpaceX.

Cleaning the companies books of fat before the big game.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by lotsofpulp on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:30AM (#50391580)
This isn’t news to anyone following the business. I’m pretty sure it was announced months ago that model X and Cybertruck (and maybe Model S too) were being discontinued.

And Model 3 and Y have always been 95%+ of the cars Tesla delivered.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by momento on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:50AM (#50391723)
It was also mentioned in the Roadster presentation that the Roadster would be the only nonautonomous car produced by Tesla long-term.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by DonHopkins on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:30AM (#50392064)
Not everyone may have seen Robby Roadster's famous presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/31x-4YJUBNE

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by throw8393030 on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:18AM (#50391967)
They also told us zero emission cars would solve climate crisis. It is worse then ever, and electric cars are just used to push far righ extremism, chinese propaganda and dependency on russia!
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by tiohijazi on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:21AM (#50391983)
And remember kids: far right extremism is just a natural response to the far left extremism agenda being pushed around the world in the last few years
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by flohofwoe on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:36AM (#50392121)
Oh man... if you want to start a professional career as internet troll you have a really long road ahead of you. You can do it though, never give up! :D
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by pjc50 on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:56AM (#50392331)
Just to be clear, the earliest possible date for no further increase in temperature under the most optimistic IPCC scenarios is 2050. Actual decline to pre industrial levels at best around 2100.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by khalic on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:25AM (#50392018)
*flying car shaped air tank and thrusters
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:33AM (#50392747)
They have also renamed the 'Full Auto Driving' feature to 'Driving Assist'.

Literally nothing Tesla promised is coming true.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by x187463 on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:37AM (#50392823)
It's called Supervised Full Self Driving (FSD) and that is an accurate name given it controls every aspect of the vehicle's operation, only requiring the driver to pay attention as a supervisor. And, essentially, the same software and hardware available on a Model 3 and Model Y is present on the CyberCabs that are driving people around a few cities, now, without input mechanisms. Elon is a PoS, and it took a decade longer than he said, but the cars are driving themselves.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:51AM (#50392999)
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by x187463 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:17AM (#50393361)
It's Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe. In the US, it's still FSD.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:23AM (#50393437)
Yes thankyou for confirming my point. How did I know you would come and be pedantic about it?

I live in Europe, and here its not called Full Self Driving because regulators disagree with you that the car is driving itself. Therefore your original statement of "It's called Supervised Full Self Driving (FSD) and that is an accurate name given it controls every aspect of the vehicle's operation" is not true here at all.

If the US is happy with Elon lying about his cars abilities then thats on them. Not surprising really judging by the mess that is the USA in recent years.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by small_model on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:44AM (#50393757)
European regulation is a joke, that why they are failing, look at the riots in France, businesses strangled by regulation.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:20AM (#50394391)
> businesses strangled by regulation

Trumps current mess with huge increases of cost of living, and subsequent popularity decline is an example of what happens when you let business run free.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by small_model on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:18AM (#50402686)
North Korea it is then
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by qlte on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:47PM (#50395678)
You have it backwards.

The Musk strategy is to quietly drop failures/broken promises from a previous hype cycle after kicking off a brand new hype cycle to take its place.

This is entirely consistent with his tried and true strategy to constantly redirect attention forward to the distant future, and never stay idle long enough to encourage looking back at the ever growing pile of ideas that didn't work out.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by Kevin_Flynn on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:03AM (#50403801)
Aw yes, I have it backwards, because I was thinking of the public.

And this strategy isnt Musks. Hes copying politicians and government.