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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by paxy on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:39AM (#50392852)
And sold 70,000 total. The fact that ~96.5% of preorders were cancelled should tell you all you need to know about popularity.
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Re:Tesla winds down Cybertruck production after years of poo... by alt227 on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:40AM (#50392867)
I was replying to the parent comment where they said:

> Musk was a fool to mistake the hollering of a small group of enthusiasts for that of the truck-buying U.S. population. Nobody was actually wanting for the CyberTruck. He should've listened to his marketing people and not be guided by social media and his right-wing instinct.

It wasnt social media and his 'right wing instinct' whatever that is. Is was massive amounts of paid pre-orders feeding their opinions that it was going to be popular.

EDIT: Oh I see you have edited your comment since I wrote mine. The massive amounts of pre order cancellation came after it was released, so how does that factor into their initial opinions that it would be popular during development?

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