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.
The stupid thing is, it was so easy to see what needed to be done. Tesla needed to release a pickup that appealed to Red State America. Functional first, but high end and ultra manly. Kind of like the F-150 lightning but cool.
Tesla needed to appeal to traditional pickup owners. Then Musk’s run to the right would have actually fallen in line with that strategy. But the Cybertruck is the exact opposite of that. There are probably more techies who own cyber trucks than there are pickup owners, and that’s pathetic. That’s a failure to understand your target demographic. This really comes down to musks insane hubris.
I point them out to my partner when we see one and we both laugh. It’s the ugliest piece of shit on the road.
Yesterday, we were returning from a road trip and saw a semi hauling three of them. It was completely full. Other semis on the trip had like eight cars. How inefficient and riduclous they looked. We laughed at that, too.
I’m so sad that the nazi asshole’s stupid truck is a failure. /s No I’m not. I love it.
This is the Zune of cars man. What an eyesore. Shoes what Elon can make when he tries it on his own.
Best clown car at a circus tho. Tho can’t fit that many in it
Its also had how many recalls
Every time I see one I burst out laughing, they look so fucking stupid!
Cars in early PS1 games be like:
Jeez, Tesla could have been such an interesting part of america’s success story (now China’s) if they just had leadership that was worth half a shit.
me driving my shitbox around and I see a cybertruck
Driving a Cybercuck is a great way to tell society you’re the village idiot.
The cybertrucks been a bust since the metal ball broke the window.
I don’t think anyone credible sincerely thought the cyber truck was going to do well
When it was first proposed, it sounded like a great idea. Rust proof, no paint, secure bed area, hard wearing and easily cleaned interior, and very competitively priced.
Of course, that’s not the vehicle that was delivered.
It’s a vehicle for stupid people with too much money to toss around or stupid people without money that are so caught up in the culture war trash they’re willing to go into debt to make a really dumb statement.
But almost six years later, the truck’s surreal design, awkward size, high price, and late delivery have turned it into a niche curiosity, not a mass-market hit.
How the fuck do you write an article about the failed Cybertruck and not acknowledge Elon’s political bullshit impacting Tesla sales?!?
Dishonest shit.
Early reviews raised red flags over software glitches, poor fit and finish, and disappointing range for a vehicle of its size.
That’s the only sentence acknowledging the MANY mechanical failures, too.
Eh. Even if Musk still had his Iron Man in real life image the cyber truck would still be a complete failure.
Saying it’s a shitty car and a failure by only looking at it as a car seems like good journalism. This isn’t a good product that failed because people don’t like Musk anymore.
Well yes, but if you want to explain why it flopped you devinetively have to mention Elon Musk Teslas sales overall dropped everywhere around the world by up to 50%.
around the world by up to 50%.
While doing a product change over of their best selling vehicle.
Sales are still down, almost certainly because of Musk, but it’s not as dire everywhere like that either.
E.g Spain where sales were bad and people like to cite a large number, was up 60.7% in June YoY. When you look at H2 2024 vs 2025, now it’s only down 0.9%. 2024 was already a low year, so being lower than 2024 isn’t good, but it’s not like a monthly number makes it look.
They are still down in nearly every market yes, but you trying to imply its 50% in so many places and things are dire would also be shoddy journalism not taking into account the change over.
The UK for example only started getting the new Y in June, lets see what the UK in Q3 looks like with a full quarter of Y deliveries. It’ll be down, but how much down.
Edit: Some clarity and other examples, but I also want to add, see how much more complicated an article can get rather than just focusing on the Cybertruck objectively on it’s own?
Edit: Also you can’t even buy the Standard Range RWD Model Y in all markets yet (~5k USD cheaper), but again, not that this alone will reverse the generalized sales decline induced by Musk.
Biggest takeaway; the media is still in denial.
The media is still
in denialreceiving money from the right.To be more generous, if you don’t have a legal team on your editorial staff in your section, just don’t mention the politics of billionaires.
Musk et al the 1%ers have lawyers on retainer whose only job is to litigate every mention of their name.
That’s still too many.
Cybertruck sales not even nein thousand?!
I think Musk drew this thing on the back of an envelope and forced it through to production against the protests and objections of everybody in Tesla. It sucks as a truck, it sucks as an EV, it costs way too much money, it’s so dangerous that it is banned in most of the world, it’s impractical, costly to repair, uninsurable and it falls to bits. It’s no wonder the thing failed.
It’s the delorian of our time. Go ahead and use it for the remake of back to the future.
I think you’re catching downvotes cause most people now think the DeLorean was cool because of the movies.
They don’t realize it flopped due to being insanely heavy, overheating, and other mechanical problems. Really expensive, as well. Also, the whole thing with the owner being busted for a massive amount of cocaine.
The parallels are actually pretty funny and you’re not wrong.
I remember watching the director commentary on the first movie and they made a joke about the 88 mph thing because the car could barely do it. If I recall the later car in the films was a Volvo underneath.
It was in the same weight range as what Ferrari was putting out at the time. Those stainless steel panels are very thin sheets over fiberglass. They don’t add as much weight as you’d think.
Most of the other issues were fixed by VIN 3000, but their reputation was set by then. Getting framed by the FBI in a drug sting didn’t help, either. It has a lot of very thoughtful features, like a gull wing door design that only comes out 11" and won’t hit the car parked next to you.
It got caught up in a bunch of regulatory changes that were happening the late 70s/early 80s. Just a bad time to start a new car company, or to make a sports car at all. There aren’t many memorable cars from the time period for anything other than looks.
Except it does still look cool. It’s just that the drivetrain sucked. If I even got one, I’d replace it with an EV drivetrain. There’s pretty good options now. You don’t even have to pull parts from a totaled Tesla anymore.
John DeLorean also got acquitted on the drug trafficking charges when it was found he was entrapped.
If only weighs 2800lbs and most of the mechanical problems were sorted out quickly in production. The financial crash, high interest rates, negative publicity from the drug trial, and the election of Margaret Thatcher as British PM killed the company. It was a “death by 1000 cuts” situation.
To be fair I’m pretty sure the delorean was supposed to have a Ford V8, but supplier bailed last minute and left them scrambling. Thus the anemic puegot v6 it wound up with …
At one point, it was suppose to have had a rotary engine, but I’m not sure when that was changed. There’s one out there with a Mazda swapped in.
Marty even comments on the Doc’s choice in the movie.
“You made a time machine… out of a DeLorean?!”
Please do not remake Back to the Future.
Have you seen Hollywood recently? What isn’t a remake or revamp. Fuck they managed to get bill murray back into ghost busters. Hollywood is brain dead.
Good news Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale have the rights to approve any sequel or remake. They have both said absolutely no to any remakes.
Back to the Future IV…Ludicrous Mode, Elons Nazi Timeline.
We already have a Biff Tannon in the White House. Reality has usurped fiction in this regard.
No.
I wanted one at $40k, but for $60k that is a no from me.
I would take one if they paid me $40k.
I wouldn’t drive it though
Harvest the sheet metal and batteries…
You could probably use the batteries for your home
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