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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Kapura on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:41AM (#50393704)
>go to a forum for the owners club for a more balanced take

hilarious sentiment

Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by 1970-01-01 on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:45AM (#50393786)
Go look before you have a knee jerk reaction.
Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by howunfortunate on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:47AM (#50393815)
I mean owners are often quite regretful?

It's certainly more balanced than a forum of non-owners who's only knowledge about the issue is that they hate Elon with an undying passion.

Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by hbn on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:14AM (#50394284)
...yeah? You should get an opinion from people who use the product, not people who dislike the company's CEO for political reasons and their dislike of it was a foregone conclusion.
Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Grombobulous on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:35AM (#50394625)
Unfortunately not very many people use the product.

I’m sure there are passionate people over at the Mitsubishi mirage owners club as well.

We can’t blame political reasons for the Cybetruck failing, especially in the context of the Model Y and Y L selling like hotcakes.

No, the problem with the Cybertruck is the styling is polarizing in person, it came in overpriced and under-ranged, and it wasn’t built for a buyer demographic that exists in large numbers.

Slate understands truck buyer motivation and demographics a lot better than Tesla. Chevrolet with the Silverado EV understands much better what their buyer demographic for an EV truck needs to succeed (be a regular half-ton truck, get as much range while towing as possible). And those companies are still likely to struggle or are struggling to sell EV trucks, respectively.

If Tesla knew what they were doing they’d have made a true full-size 3 row SUV similar to the EV9, and they’d also make a city car for Europe. But they blew development money on a bespoke single-country truck.