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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by api on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:24AM (#50392013)
The original wasn't what shipped. From what I read the cheaper easier process wasn't, which isn't unusual.

It's also an ugly-ass car. If it had turned out to be super-reliable and cheap and "hackable" that would make up for it, even earn its strange look a cult following, but no it just ended up as an overpriced weird ugly-ass car.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by itintheory on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:42AM (#50392194)
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by InsidiousWombat on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:46AM (#50392236)
Why would Tesla make "cheap" ? That's not their customer base.

Cheap hackable electric work truck (I imagine chassis with basic cabin that you can expand in various ways, like the EU van options have like half a dozen chassis) would be great but it's not something Tesla ever wants to make

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by anyonecancode on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:09AM (#50392473)
Who are their customer base? Musk seems to have decided to fire his actual customer base, but getting a new one more ideologically aligned with him hasn't quite worked out.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by dh2022 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:33AM (#50393585)
Based on my casual observation, middle school boys :)
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by lotsofpulp on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:22AM (#50392618)
>Why would Tesla make "cheap" ? That's not their customer base.

95% of their cars sold have been in the $30k to $60k range. They have long been the best bang for the buck electric car (in the US, since BYD isn’t allowed.

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by neutronicus on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:34AM (#50392768)
Isn't "hackable electric work truck" a bit of an oxymoron?

Just because the big batteries are so dangerous?

Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by kakacik on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:48AM (#50392253)
I know its not fashionable to have such pesky concerns as priority in US, but pedestrian safety was simply non-present, hence it was banned all over Europe. Not missing it here, not missing that fugly ego whim of a sick man at all.
Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by debo_ on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:51AM (#50392277)
I'm curious to see how the Slate trucks work out: https://www.slate.auto/en