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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Magicrafter13 on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:41AM (#50394731)
Why would they focus on "cybercab" over this. Everything that makes the cybercab cool will never be legal in a consumer product. Cybertruck is definitely more useful to an average person.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by jmbwell on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:50AM (#50394862)
An average person has no use for a truck that costs more than twice what an average person makes in a year and half or more what an average person spends on an average house
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Magicrafter13 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:24PM (#50445005)
it's a durable electric truck, plenty of people have use for such a thing - it's also under $100,000 so nowhere near what a house costs? maybe in the slums

minimum wage where I live, assuming 40 hours, is over $30,000/year - which is certainly less than half the cost of a cybertruck, but minimum wage isn't the "average person" - obviously this varies by state, and in some states what you said will be true

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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by tonymet on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:29PM (#50395435)
the economics of Tesla , a company with lots of capital, renting out their fleet make more sense in a market of consumers with little disposable income.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Magicrafter13 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:25PM (#50445019)
sad but probably true - I didn't even consider that they'd actually treat them as cabs and rent out miles...
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by tonymet on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:42PM (#50445277)
how cool would it be to have a truck show up on demand when you need to move furniture or carry your bike out to the trail? So many people buy trucks for ~10 instances a year
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