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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by whynotmaybe on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:49AM (#50393848)
Both look extremely cool to me but Elon's behaviour is the only reason I'll never buy a tesla. Even though the cybertruck looks awesome but it's impossible for me to be seen in this. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd used a cybertruck in a BTTF remake
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by trollbridge on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:59AM (#50394029)
Do you have the same concerns about the executives at Ford, Honda, etc?

I just find the moral grandstanding a bit off. The vehicle industry isn’t exactly a paragon of executive virtue

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by kstrauser on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:22AM (#50394417)
I don’t recall seeing Ford spend $400M trying to influence the US elections. People have strong feelings about Elon, and only Elon, doing that.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by trollbridge on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:25PM (#50397966)
I'm pretty sure Ford has spent far more than $400M influencing U.S. politics, cumulatively.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by kstrauser on Friday November 06, 2026 @05:01PM (#50399089)
In the last 2 months or so? I don't think so.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by whynotmaybe on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:23AM (#50394438)
I haven't seen any other executive do a Nazi salute and some people won't buy a car based on the country of origin so I don't see why I can't dislike a brand because of its leader behaviour.

I don't know what the others think so I can't judge on that, but I can judge based of what Elon says and does.

And aside, Elon's been lying for years about everything and promising stuff Tesla can't deliver.

IMHO, there's a strong parallel between the Elisabeth Holmes/Theranos situation and Elon/Tesla.

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by trollbridge on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:04PM (#50400956)
You may want to look into Henry Ford
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by whynotmaybe on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:24PM (#50401595)
He's kinda less active on twitter recently.

But yes, and it was the same for Louis Renault.

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