Cybertruck will have low sales regardless of the price IMHO

[theyoungblood]

I could give a shit about what other people think of my vehicles.

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[Derektsla]

Two beers in, so this is a hot take…

It’s a bit annoying to read all these posts about the Cybertruck not being a work truck. Not everyone’s work is hauling insanely heavy equipment all over the damn place. I built a software company. Is that not “work” because my computer doesn’t do real stuff and run off diesel?

I run a welder from my truck. I haul new furnishings to my TN cabin that stays dry and safe in the vault. I regularly go to Home Depot to buy things I put in my work truck because they sell things I do work with. I tow light trailers around. I have hauled tools and industrial equipment around in the bed. All of this is meaningful work.

Whoever decided that a work truck has to have the biggest engine, bed, dualie wheels, and largest gas tank is a chump. I have contractors at my house every day doing a renovation driving old, beat up, light pickups loaded with so many tools they suspension is failing. Go tell them their truck isn’t a work truck because it can’t haul a skid steer across the state on a single tank.

People can hate the looks, but I don’t have to worry about dents or scratches. So jokes on them.

P.S. - I rarely wash my Cybertruck…. because I am busy doing work.

 

[dalton108]

Two beers in, so this is a hot take…

It’s a bit annoying to read all these posts about the Cybertruck not being a work truck. Not everyone’s work is hauling insanely heavy equipment all over the damn place. I built a software company. Is that not “work” because my computer doesn’t do real stuff and run off diesel?

I run a welder from my truck. I haul new furnishings to my TN cabin that stays dry and safe in the vault. I regularly go to Home Depot to buy things I put in my work truck because they sell things I do work with. I tow light trailers around. I have hauled tools and industrial equipment around in the bed. All of this is meaningful work.

Whoever decided that a work truck has to have the biggest engine, bed, dualie wheels, and largest gas tank is a chump. I have contractors at my house every day doing a renovation driving old, beat up, light pickups loaded with so many tools they suspension is failing. Go tell them their truck isn’t a work truck because it can’t haul a skid steer across the state on a single tank.

People can hate the looks, but I don’t have to worry about dents or scratches. So jokes on them.

P.S. - I rarely wash my Cybertruck…. because I am busy doing work.

Seems like you’re about one beer from being profound, brother! Preach!

 

[Derektsla]

Seems like you’re about one beer from being profound, brother! Preach!

lol. I’m always one beer short of being profound…

 

[Cyber Man]

I challenge the notion of CT not being a real truck. First of all, we have to keep long distance towing out of the equation. No EV truck can do long distance towing. It’s not the battery but the aero. Other than this limitation, CT excels in every other way compared to any truck on the market. It’ll take me several long posts to describe all the benefits. I’ll keep it short and say - use it to know it!

CT will dominate the truck market in a few years. Money is a very powerful motivator. When you have to shell out crazy amount of money for fuel, maintenance, and dent repairs, a lightbulb will turn on in the brain and make people realize “f*** everything, I need $$ to feed my family!” Politicians or CEOs don’t pay our bills. Our savings do!

 

[Crissa]

Being a South Eastern Truck owner myself, I can confirm that a lot of us probably won't buy a cybertruck as our daily/goto vehicle. For me, its the lack of truck market "must haves": analog controls for basic necessities like AC, doors, gear shift, tailgate, etc. Also the lack of a spare tire is a big one

1. You can use 's3xy buttons' or otherwise for physical AC. There are third-party devices for your accessibility.
2. The doors have buttons on the inside.
3. It's an EV, you do not need a 'gear shift' - there are no gears.
4. The tailgate has a button.
5. And a spare tire taking up space under your load is just nonsense unless you want to take everything out to replace it.

This list has been repeated over and over. I don't know why people want flimsy bits hanging off, but to each their own.

And filling up in five minutes... they waste so much of their life filling tanks. People who do the average number of road trips a year might spend as much time waiting around in an entire year as the rest of us doing the biweekly gas station queue wait.

-Crissa

 

[tingmo13]

the shape/design of the Pick Up truck is so printed in human brain for over 100 years-don't expect Cybertruck to break the stereo type in 1 or 2 years. But also don't underestimate how change can happen pretty quickly in the age of technology. The Cybertruck's SbW is so unique-many customers here have never complain/talk about not having stalk in CT-even though for many it's their first Tesla or EV. Some folks are so easy to draw conclusion or the Sky is Falling mindset.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I am in the South Eastern US where everyone has a truck... To put it simply people do not like the cybertruck, they would not buy it regardless of the price. I have given rides to people in my FS Beast and they like the tech, the speed, and fsd, but they hate the rest:

Most say its not a truck
They hate Elon
They hate EVs
They hate the way it looks
They hate the range, and in this category it is a big deal because people do use there trucks for towing which all EV trucks have a hard time with.
They are worried about getting it serviced as my state only has 1 service center (New Orleans)
They are worried about the battery life & charging infrastructure especially if you are in a rural area.

So I have the FS Beast and I also have a GMC 2500HD diesel, for towing or anything long I still use the diesel.

I asked if they would buy it if the price were lower, most would not buy if even if were 40K. I just don't see a future for it if the main market for truck buyers is giving it a hard NO. I think people that bought the CT in 2024 were never really truck buyers or people that are not using their CTs for work.

So I think the future for the CT is going to be using the platform its built on and making a CYBER-Tahoe type SUV or CYBER-ESCALADE. A large SUV. It would need traditional styling, not the angular style of the cybertruck and a larger battery like a 180KW.

So in its current form, the CT is a novelty, I hope Tesla doesn't go down the path of price slashing only to find out it didn't work (sort of how they did on the Model S/X after the refresh).

I wonder how many trucks are sold in the southeast every year by OEM. It may indeed be true what you say but there could still be a healthy market outside of your region.

 

[REM]

The CT is not a work truck.

Utter nonsense. There are hundreds of different tradesmen alone who would benefit greatly from having a low total cost of ownership + high range of capabilities.

 

[DistilledBison]

1. You can use 's3xy buttons' or otherwise for physical AC. There are third-party devices for your accessibility.
2. The doors have buttons on the inside.
3. It's an EV, you do not need a 'gear shift' - there are no gears.
4. The tailgate has a button.
5. And a spare tire taking up space under your load is just nonsense unless you want to take everything out to replace it.

This list has been repeated over and over. I don't know why people want flimsy bits hanging off, but to each their own.

And filling up in five minutes... they waste so much of their life filling tanks. People who do the average number of road trips a year might spend as much time waiting around in an entire year as the rest of us doing the biweekly gas station queue wait.

-Crissa

1. Third party devices prove to me that the vehicle should have had those options to begin with if someone has made a profitable business out of selling those devices. Also moving the vents should be a physical manipulation of the vents imo, not something the driver has to move on the screen (safety reasons and just overall ease of use)
2. I do not mean "buttons", I mean an easily accessible physical latching mechanism that you pull to unlatch the door. buttons have proven to be useless in the instance of an emergency. (both inside and out, see mustang mach E for reference)
3. PRND(L*) selector, that is what I am referring to. Just because it has those options on a screen or as haptic sensors do not count as a physical selector. Most truck owners would prefer a physical lever to manipulate over a screen to swipe. This may be personal preference but there is a reason most every truck has had this as standard for the last century, it just makes sense.
4. Again, a button is not a physical latch. electronic buttons can fail. (so can latches, they are just easier to fix for a daily)
5. Agreed, which is why the cybertruck should have the tire UNDER the bed like literally every other truck on the market. There is a reason why they are engineered that way. OR, they could have figured out another way to mount a spare SOMEWHERE on the truck so it is easily accessible. If the truck had not decreased in size they might have been able to fit one in the frunk.

The parts don't have to be flimsy silly, Tesla had every opportunity to make a robust "truck" interior, they just chose not to, but to each their own.

I personally don't mind the convenience of filling up on road trips in under 5 minutes vs an hour or more.

-Ricky

 

[DistilledBison]

Rivian has a spare tire in the compartment under the bed, which is cool... until you put a 2 thousand pound pallet of stuff into the bed and can't access that compartment. Perhaps less of a concern given Rivian can't even carry 2 thousand pounds in the bed.

F150 has the spare mounted under the truck. Which is a better solution than Rivian's, especially since F150's bed is more functional. But that and probably other things reduce the F150's clearance to just a bit over 8".

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[OldDirtyRobot]

Why are peoples first post always something like this?

 

[cyberos]

So I think the future for the CT is going to be using the platform its built on and making a CYBER-Tahoe type SUV or CYBER-ESCALADE. A large SUV. It would need traditional styling, not the angular style of the cybertruck and a larger battery like a 180KW.

You’re actually 100% correct

 

[CyberGus]

1. Third party devices prove to me that the vehicle should have had those options

2. I do not mean "buttons", I mean an easily accessible physical latching mechanism

3. PRND(L*) selector, that is what I am referring to. Just because it has those options on a screen or as haptic sensors do not count as a physical selector. Most truck owners would prefer a physical lever

4. Again, a button is not a physical latch. electronic buttons can fail.

5. Agreed, which is why the cybertruck should have the tire UNDER the bed like literally every other truck

I personally don't mind the convenience of filling up on road trips in under 5 minutes vs an hour or more

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[ABILISK]

1. Third party devices prove to me that the vehicle should have had those options to begin with if someone has made a profitable business out of selling those devices. Also moving the vents should be a physical manipulation of the vents imo, not something the driver has to move on the screen (safety reasons and just overall ease of use)
2. I do not mean "buttons", I mean an easily accessible physical latching mechanism that you pull to unlatch the door. buttons have proven to be useless in the instance of an emergency. (both inside and out, see mustang mach E for reference)
3. PRND(L*) selector, that is what I am referring to. Just because it has those options on a screen or as haptic sensors do not count as a physical selector. Most truck owners would prefer a physical lever to manipulate over a screen to swipe. This may be personal preference but there is a reason most every truck has had this as standard for the last century, it just makes sense.
4. Again, a button is not a physical latch. electronic buttons can fail. (so can latches, they are just easier to fix for a daily)
5. Agreed, which is why the cybertruck should have the tire UNDER the bed like literally every other truck on the market. There is a reason why they are engineered that way. OR, they could have figured out another way to mount a spare SOMEWHERE on the truck so it is easily accessible. If the truck had not decreased in size they might have been able to fit one in the frunk.

The parts don't have to be flimsy silly, Tesla had every opportunity to make a robust "truck" interior, they just chose not to, but to each their own.

I personally don't mind the convenience of filling up on road trips in under 5 minutes vs an hour or more.

-Ricky

Yet another weirdo who’s never been behind a squircle acting like he has a clue ?

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