The truck that was supposed to revolutionize everything is flopping fast.
The hype is dead. The Tesla Cybertruck, once billed as the future of electric vehicles, is now looking like a commercial bust.
In the second quarter of 2025, Tesla sold just 4,306 Cybertrucks, down a staggering 50.8% from the 8,755 units it delivered during the same period last year, according to new data from Kelley Blue Book. This plunge is a signal that America’s most hyped truck may already be out of gas.
Every time I see one I burst out laughing, they look so fucking stupid!
Cars in early PS1 games be like:
I flip them off now. I’m doing my part!
The media used to invent positive stories about Tesla, but now they are only looking for negative stories. For a stock whose entire value is based on a stock price supported by smoke and PR, that’s a death sentence. Now that the bubble has popped, it will never re-inflate. Now Tesla has to fly based on the actual performance of its products, it’s company, and it’s leadership, which is abysmal on all counts. It will never return to its former glory, and will continue to slide as each quarterly earnings report gets worse and worse.
I give Tesla 2 years before it declares bankruptcy.
The concept was quirky but it had a ton of hype. It wasn’t helped by the fact that it has some fairly noticeable flaws, one being panels that are glued on and have been known to fall off. And headlights that are placed so close to the front bumper that any buildup of snow blocks them. Not smart design.
Teslastans hyped the fact that there were “2 million preorders” which was supposedly because of the mass appeal of the CT. Turns out once the novelty wore off, people just said ‘meh, Id rather have a more normal truck for doing truck things’ which is why the Rivian is still selling ok, the Ford Lightning is limping along and the Sliverado EV is actually a range champ with real world reports of over 800 km range that can actually tow a trailer for more than three blocks before needing a recharge.
Driving a Cybercuck is a great way to tell society you’re the village idiot.
I feel like 4306 units sold in one quarter is still quite a lot all things considered.
I don’t know, that’s probably way below what supercar manufacturers sell, where exclusivity is part of the appeal of the brand.
Lamborghini sells about 10k (2.5/q) units per year, Ferrari about 14 (3.5/q). So that’s a bit more than either of them but of course those are way more expensive and exclusive.
The market comparison is important. It outsold the EV Silverado by about 1000 and was outsold by the F150 EV by about 1000 units. The market cooled on all electric trucks, probably due to price and current economic conditions.
What I’m mostly concerned with is the fact that there’s still so many people who are aware of all the things going on with Musk and the immediate hatred all Cybertrucks receive and still choose to buy one.
That’s what I was hinting at when I said “all things considered”. For a car that’s so closely tied to fascism and that will get you shouted at and egged, 4000 units is still a lot.
And only 4,200 of them will have panels falling off by the end of next quarter
I am so surprised by the panels falling off; I thought Elmer’s glue was supposed to be pretty good.
They used the off brand Elmo’s glue
it was never the future, it was only meant to hype of the stocks so he can get that 56bn payout in '23, it just took longer than expected.
me driving my shitbox around and I see a cybertruck
I mean at least the Segway was built well
And they are fun
The owner of the Segway company managed to Segway themself off a cliff and died. I’m hoping history will repeat itself.
That wasn’t the man who created the Segway though. The inventor & original owner is Dean Kamen. The company was sold to Jimi Heselden in 2009, and it’s Heselden who rode one off a cliff a year later.
Yes, that’s why I said the owner of the company and not the inventor. =)
Important to note, not the inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen - he’s still alive. Just the guy who bought the company from him. Kamen seems to be a pretty cool guy, most of his inventions were about accessibility.
Yep, I realise that. As I said to the previous commenter it was the owner, not the inventor, as per my OG comment. =)
They will become quite valuable oldtimers. As hated as they are, they are kind of an iconic car. Unique design and there are (were?) a lot of Tesla fanboys around. Expensive. Really small production run, not many around. Owners crashing them left and right. Bad build quality. And it’s kind of hard to think about one of them being able to really run in 30 years or so with how connected they are to Teslas software infrastructure.
They will be literally unmaintainable and the glue and tape holding them together cause them to fall apart.
Aside from a Tesla superfan who’s into history I can’t see them being collector’s items. But I guess time will tell
How much are Edsels worth today? Not much I imagine.
Last time I checked, if you had bought an Edsel new, its value would have kept up with inflation. Some of the higher end trims do a little better than inflation. Which isn’t a particularly good investment either way, especially one that needs to be maintained with more money and effort. Tossing it in t-bonds would do just as well or better with almost zero effort.
20 years from now: 2024 Deplorean, 40,000 miles. Battery range down to 18 miles and new batteries are unobtanium, but thoroughly communicates to all of your neighbors how far right you are.
$Eleventeen Kerbillion space bucks
No lowballers, I know what I’ve gotHopefully 20 years from now expressing that you’re far right is not a safe thing to do in society anymore and people only admit it behind closed doors.
Between the motors and batteries, there’s some good scrap value at least.
What, an ugly ass vehicle that looks like it came from an early 90’s video game is a flop? Whodathunkit?
Best clown car at a circus tho. Tho can’t fit that many in it
That’s still too many.
This is the Zune of cars man. What an eyesore. Shows what Elon can make when he tries it on his own.
Excuse me but I loved my Zune.
The zunehd was a great media player. Microsoft really botched the launch and just like phones gave up when it didn’t immediately sell iPod numbers.
It should be called the modern version of a Studebaker. Biggest automotive flop before this Shitbox.
Do you mean the Edsel? Studebaker was a successful car manufacturer for decades, and is still beloved by many.
