Article - With the Cybertruck, Tesla Faces Its Edsel Moment

[RayzorBEV]

Cybertruck has captured the worlds imagination

Great if they make this as a costume for Halloween

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[RayzorBEV]

Can you spot the one that's different?

Spoiler: ANSWER

Trick question, there's no Cybertruck shown.

Yeah, the one that is different is missing from the lineup; the Model Y

 

[Crissa]

Anyone that listens to and/or quotes Ross Gerber doesn’t deserve my read. Sadly I had to read almost to the end to get that. Just a hit piece by someone without knowledge that doesn’t want knowledge.

I don't see it as a hit piece?

It's saying this is a do or die moment, like the Edsel was. And it says that all these things people said were headwinds for the Cybertruck, look like they won't be. There's clearly lots of headroom for price, there's alot of demand, and so it's probably not an Edsel in collapse.

-Crissa

PS, journalists don't normally get to choose the headlines anymore.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I don't see it as a hit piece?

It's saying this is a do or die moment, like the Edsel was. And it says that all these things people said were headwinds for the Cybertruck, look like they won't be. There's clearly lots of headroom for price, there's alot of demand, and so it's probably not an Edsel in collapse.

-Crissa

PS, journalists don't normally get to choose the headlines anymore.

Elon said in the very beginning that Tesla may not sell many Cybertrucks but that he didn't care he was going to make it anyway. We know from Twitter that he is prone to doing things in this way. Personally I hope that the Cybertruck is wildly successful (for purely selfish reasons if no other). I did read the whole article and I stand by my evaluation, right or wrong.

 

[Greshnab]

“The Edsel, named after Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford, is the notorious automotive failure, the one that stands out above the rest.”

You have a different idea of what positive is than I do.

you have to start the next section that starts out...

It won’t be. Not by a long shot. Edsels never really found a market niche.

so yeah they are positive.. after explaining how big a flop edsel was and why.. they say that won't happen to the CT.. they don't even hedge it and say not expected or not likely they flat out state won't be.

 

[Ogre]

you have to start the next section that starts out...

It won’t be. Not by a long shot. Edsels never really found a market niche.

so yeah they are positive.. after explaining how big a flop edsel was and why.. they say that won't happen to the CT.. they don't even hedge it and say not expected or not likely they flat out state won't be.

Speaking of not reading far enough….

 

[Sirfun]

Looks like a Cybertruck to me

I see 2 Mustangs running in opposite directions, away from goats with ducks on their heads.

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