I sure would want an overweight ford pinto reinvisioned as a modern brutalist steel casket that is less mobile than the original model-t.
This fine piece of... engineering that:
... struggles to run (and drive) in the cold...
... has routine problems in humidify and (god forbid) rain...
... AND elicits the same public response as a clown car ...
... Really just fills that void in me.
... On my daily commute in my rental car to pay for the rental and my fortress of solitude on wheels that is out of commission - again - for another comical reason.
I have a friend who wants to get one just so he can wrap it in a badly-aliased texture like the PS1 would have, just to riff on how much it looks like someone was scrimping for polygons when they designed it.
I almost replied similarly, just means they didn't sell many BASE models.
I live in a relatively rural area outside a city "highway loop" and I see them all the time here. Someone down the road at a small business owns one so I see that one all the time but there are plenty around here and often wrapped in some weird colors.
No good reason for Tesla to still have a 1.5t market cap when Toyota sells 10x more cars at 300b, or ford sells twice as much at 50b. The quality sure isn't better, and I doubt the margin on sales makes up for this.
The only competitive advantage is an egotistical nazi imbecile at the helm, and I only say it's an advantage simply because they're still holding value somehow
The market is completely divorced from fundamentals. It's a casino, and the government bailing out connected companies every downturn has perverted the natural pricing of these stocks.
Right? But it's been like 7 plus years, longer really, at some point the FED and USG (US government,) won't be able to hold up this house of cards. But when?
The sad fact is they will bail these assholes out on our backs too, another straw, with the promise of trillions of straws on our backs. Something has got to give here. We are on an unsustainable path.
The stock market is clownicized. That the flagship product of this company being dogshit, whose intrinsic value can't exceed 10 billion didn't tank the stock price that is currently valued at 1.5 trillion dollars, that gave the ceo 60 billion for hyping the stock price without producing actual income to justify that, well, it speaks for itself.
I would argue our bail outs are a factor in this, investor's don't fear a major downturn and are more reckless, knowing any large losses will be socialized from the backs of working people, their victims, while all gains are privatized.
Price to earnings is a sanity check. There is no sanity here (Tesla), nor does it apply to many such corpos, line must go up! The only sanity is (insider) knowing enough to get out at the right time, if you don't, you're the product (fattened pig).
Because they were very expensive and it’s nearly impossible to find other chumps who will buy them. They also stand out exactly like one would expect so even if you only have one or two in your city you’re going to see them every time they’re anywhere near you.
This kid is bombastic, but shows you the vulnerabilities in the cybertruck, up against some ford truck. He buys a new one of each and trashes them in tests, the cybertruck just fails over and over.
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limonfiesta@lemmy.world · 200 pts · 134d
All 173 of them.
Yes, you read that correctly:
Tesla only sold 173 of the Cybertruck RWD base model.
Steve@communick.news · 51 pts · 134d
That makes sense.
If you want a Cybertruck, you want the all-wheel version.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 117 pts · 134d
Please don't reproduce.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 133d
Can I have the vasectomy without the Cybertruck?
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 133d
Join us in the "snip snip" club.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 134d
Both versions get stuck.
Steve@communick.news · 6 pts · 134d
Are they not supposed to?
I don't get it.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 133d
They are, that's how Elon is going to sell the Cybertruck 2.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 133d
I sure would want an overweight ford pinto reinvisioned as a modern brutalist steel casket that is less mobile than the original model-t.
This fine piece of... engineering that:
... struggles to run (and drive) in the cold...
... has routine problems in humidify and (god forbid) rain...
... AND elicits the same public response as a clown car ...
... Really just fills that void in me.
... On my daily commute in my rental car to pay for the rental and my fortress of solitude on wheels that is out of commission - again - for another comical reason.
13igTyme@piefed.social · 32 pts · 134d
How many versions of the trashcan are there?
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe · 22 pts · 134d
Iirc but cant be arsed to check, 3 models - base (rwd) mid range (awd) and premium (awd with a bigger battery)
poopkins@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 134d
"premium" 😂
one_old_coder@piefed.social · 2 pts · 109d
Premium trucks use twice more glue than the base model!
YaksDC@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 134d
I was living in Arlington VA near the new Amazon corporate HQ. I feel like I saw all 173 of those things.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 134d
I see multiple daily near Vancouver - how many are repeat I don't know though
EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 133d
You should scrape an identification number into the doors, hood, roof, and rear. Just so you can keep track. For science.
xthexder@l.sw0.com · 3 pts · 134d
It's hard to tell when they're all the same color.
tempest@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 134d
Here in Canada they get vinyl wrapped pretty quick to help protect from the salt.
As such they are pretty identifiable. There's about 3 in my neighborhood I see from time to time.
I actually thought they were interesting looking when they first pitched them. Would never buy one now though for all obvious reasons.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
Most I see are just matte black
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 133d
its also a very awkward vehicle too.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 133d
i saw multiple ones that were rapped with different patterns of collor. still ugly asf.
SparroHawc@piefed.world · 2 pts · 108d
I have a friend who wants to get one just so he can wrap it in a badly-aliased texture like the PS1 would have, just to riff on how much it looks like someone was scrimping for polygons when they designed it.
xthexder@l.sw0.com · 1 pts · 133d
The best color I've seen so far has been gloss black because it kinda hides the shape.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 107d
or the drivers hide behind some kind of tint, or sit enough you cant see thier faces.
dmtalon@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 134d
I almost replied similarly, just means they didn't sell many BASE models.
I live in a relatively rural area outside a city "highway loop" and I see them all the time here. Someone down the road at a small business owns one so I see that one all the time but there are plenty around here and often wrapped in some weird colors.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 133d
i saw a large in crease in tesla starting last year, as soon as people forgot about MUSK doing his doge shit in the wh, saw a increase in purchases.
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 134d
Is VA the new DE?
Triumph@fedia.io · 3 pts · 134d
DE is for ghost companies.
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 12 pts · 134d
RWD=Really Weird Design
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 134d
That probably just means that the Elon fanboys with enough money for it went for the higher-end AWD versions.
13igTyme@piefed.social · 71 pts · 134d
At least the front didn't fall off.
ProfessorScience@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 134d
Most of the time the front doesn't fall off at all! Unless a wave hits it.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 134d
Classic. No, I didn't click. Please don't be Rick Astley (also a classic). OK I did click and it's not. Here's the context... Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off - YouTube
kambusha@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 134d
Tesla is towing them outside the environment.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
The most environmentally friendly thing Tesla's ever done
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 21 pts · 134d
It might be better if it was made of cardboard or cardboard derivatives.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 133d
It's not typical, I'd like to make that clear
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 134d
I mean...
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 133d
just the wheels.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 67 pts · 134d
No good reason for Tesla to still have a 1.5t market cap when Toyota sells 10x more cars at 300b, or ford sells twice as much at 50b. The quality sure isn't better, and I doubt the margin on sales makes up for this.
The only competitive advantage is an egotistical nazi imbecile at the helm, and I only say it's an advantage simply because they're still holding value somehow
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 53 pts · 134d
The market is completely divorced from fundamentals. It's a casino, and the government bailing out connected companies every downturn has perverted the natural pricing of these stocks.
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 134d
I wonder how long that can continue, somethings gotta give with all these straws they keep adding to the struggling camel, one assumes anyway
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 134d
Right? But it's been like 7 plus years, longer really, at some point the FED and USG (US government,) won't be able to hold up this house of cards. But when?
The sad fact is they will bail these assholes out on our backs too, another straw, with the promise of trillions of straws on our backs. Something has got to give here. We are on an unsustainable path.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 56 pts · 134d
The stock market is clownicized. That the flagship product of this company being dogshit, whose intrinsic value can't exceed 10 billion didn't tank the stock price that is currently valued at 1.5 trillion dollars, that gave the ceo 60 billion for hyping the stock price without producing actual income to justify that, well, it speaks for itself.
I would argue our bail outs are a factor in this, investor's don't fear a major downturn and are more reckless, knowing any large losses will be socialized from the backs of working people, their victims, while all gains are privatized.
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 134d
Price to earnings is a sanity check. There is no sanity here (Tesla), nor does it apply to many such corpos, line must go up! The only sanity is (insider) knowing enough to get out at the right time, if you don't, you're the product (fattened pig).
cecilkorik@piefed.ca · 56 pts · 134d
It's a safety feature. You're actually safer once the wheels fall off, because it can no longer go anywhere.
dellish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 133d
Bet it can still set itself on fire though.
Zozano@aussie.zone · 50 pts · 133d
For the uninitiated
auntieclokwise@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 133d
Some of them are built so the front doesn't fall off at all.
M154nthr0p3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 133d
Holy shit!!! I was uninitiated.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 133d
Well I should like to think so. What are the requirements?
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 132d
Well, lack of initiation for one, I'm sure
Hupf@feddit.org · 2 pts · 133d
https://xkcd.com/1053/
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 133d
It's 'beyond' the environment.
unphazed@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 133d
Beat me to it.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 133d
Is this also because they didnt use enough glue?
Glytch@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 133d
The Cybertruck is the perfect metaphor for modern-day America.
Falling apart.
A danger to everyone, both inside and out.
Spontaneously catches fire.
Many of its passengers are trapped inside.
Described as the best thing ever by the worst people ever.
There's probably more
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 133d
Too expensive
Glytch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 132d
Constantly watching you
lobut@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 132d
Driven by Nazis.
Unprepared for China.
Hated by Canadians.
Ugly on the inside.
Riddled with debt.
No one's really buying it.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 107d
also driven by the politically ignorant,. in my area its mostly 1 demographic dominates, the other is nazis.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 132d
Deliberately chosen by stupid and hateful people trying to make some sort of statement
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 107d
its GIANT coffin, while being more expensive than fancy ornate coffin. its a built in crematoirum rolled into one.
MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 21 pts · 134d
In a normal company, insisting on bringing the cybertruck to marked would have resulted in the CEO getting punted.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 134d
Gotta pack the board with lickspittles and family members.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 134d
This thing is stupid.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 134d
the hot glue panel and gas pedal assembly is Musk genius. You don't understand.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 134d
Why make it safe if you can still sell it to morons?
Btw, nobody sued them?
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 134d
They likely made people waive their right to sue in buying it, welcome to the 21st century.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 133d
Airtight contract. Locked up tighter than a family in one of these things when they're burning.
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social · 8 pts · 134d
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 133d
the purpose of the cybertruck was that he can show the shareholders that he deserved that 56bn payout.
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social · 1 pts · 133d
Janx@piefed.social · 1 pts · 133d
The Cybertruck, or our current reality? I'm torn...
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 15 pts · 133d
It RUSTS easy, it slices hands, and deer in half, it works half of the time. it traps you in the car turning it into a COFFIN and might catch on fire.
derpgon@programming.dev · 4 pts · 133d
And now, the wheels might fall off... Truly a utopian vehicle.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 133d
bUt iT’s StAiNlEsS sTeEl! - as they drive away in their rust bucket.
PlaidBaron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
And yet I still see people who bought these fucking thing often.
Soup@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 133d
Because they were very expensive and it’s nearly impossible to find other chumps who will buy them. They also stand out exactly like one would expect so even if you only have one or two in your city you’re going to see them every time they’re anywhere near you.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 133d
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 133d
That's not laughter, that's the expression of a man whose protuberant hemorrhoids have just burst while he's in public.
Edit - apt, really
ulkesh@piefed.social · 13 pts · 134d
A-hahahahahahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! breathes deeply AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I didn't realize they offered a NWD option.
stumu415@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 133d
No wonder this thing is banned in Europe. It didn't pass the safety test. Luckily America has much more freedom and much loser regulations.
https://www.ecoportal.net/uk/europe-bans-cybertruck-massive-scale/114/
dellish@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 133d
Looser regulations.
But loser regulations on quite a lot of things too.
Carry on.
stumu415@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 133d
Yeah. Whilst writing, I had RFK Jr on my mind so forgive my grammar.
derpgon@programming.dev · 4 pts · 133d
All the cybertrucks here in Czechia (like 3 or 4 IIRC) have to have the sharp edges covered with rubber lol
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 133d
Who cant wait to buy one of their robots to take care of their kids?
charonn0@startrek.website · 1 pts · 133d
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 133d
🎶The wheels on the Cybertruck 🎶fall off and off 🎵
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 9 pts · 133d
In this case, it is typical.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 134d
Booh!
WandowsVista@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 134d
they should have used a focus group
testaccount789@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 134d
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 134d
Really reinforcing the whole "cyberstuck" meme, eh?
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online · 4 pts · 134d
The car that blade runner would drive everyone!
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 134d
Musk = POS Nazi.
floppybiscuits@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 134d
Did life just turn into a ITYSL bit?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 134d
It looks like a refrigerator on wheels, and I'll bet the ice maker doesn't work.
yggstyle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 133d
Makes fire pretty efficiently, oddly enough.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 133d
A coffin actually.
rozodru@piefed.world · 2 pts · 134d
May fall off? hell you can total a Cybertruck with your bare hands. you can probably just pull them off without any tools.
Flower@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 134d
Why bother with manual labor. Leaving it in the rain already ruins them.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 134d
This kid is bombastic, but shows you the vulnerabilities in the cybertruck, up against some ford truck. He buys a new one of each and trashes them in tests, the cybertruck just fails over and over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK_EJ3DyiiA
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 133d
or the steering wheel might have a seizure.
GuyIncognito@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 134d
you won't care