> Some people hated DeLorean too, which just made it even more popular as well ..

They sold 9,000 DeLorean's _total_. It was a punchline in Back to the Future, it wasn't seen as cool at all.

It was not a punchline, you're just a hater. It's an awesome if impractical vehicle. They are still loved and cared for and go in so many small parades.

Please make your substantive points without crossing into personal attack.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> It didn't fail

Tesla forecasted selling 250,000 trucks per year by 2025

Actual sales

2024 - 38,965

2025 - 20,237

2026 to date - 11,586

This includes trucks that have been “sold” to other Musk companies.

This product was a complete failure, making the Ford Edsel look like a roaring success

> Some people hated DeLorean too, which just made it even more popular as well

If you see CyberTrucks and DeLoreans as successful, I'd hate to see what you call a failure.

The Model S was released when Tesla had sold a grand total of around 2,500 cars. It sustained the company for years and did most of the work bootstrapping them from tiny niche to a mass market car with the Model 3.

The Cybertruck was released when the company was selling millions of cars a year. It did pretty much nothing for their bottom line, didn’t break them into any new markers, and fell far short of expectations.

I think worse than just selling poorly, it served as a massive distraction to their development team, keeping them from releasing or updating other, more important cars.