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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

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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.
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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 :)
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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.

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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?

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