[HN Gopher] Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining
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       Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining
        
       Author : zerosizedweasle
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2025-10-13 22:24 UTC (36 minutes ago)
        
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       | TheAlchemist wrote:
       | Anybody with a brain knew this was never going to work and Tesla
       | was obviously lying about the 2 million reservations (okay not
       | lying, omitting some 'small' details - like that the reservations
       | were meaningless, much like their 'Robotaxi' is public, where by
       | public they mean an app that lets you join a waitlist...).
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       | Electreck article though is suggesting xAI / SpaceX are buying
       | them not only to help Tesla, but the timing suggested that it was
       | also to extract as much of subsides as possible. As this is a
       | significant transaction between releated entities, there should
       | be some documentation on that in quarterly financial statements.
       | Quite curious how many they bought - based on Tesla influencers
       | posts, at least for SpaceX it looks like a lot:
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       | https://x.com/JoeTegtmeyer/status/1977422203810414807#m
        
       | zippyman55 wrote:
       | I've never been in one, but the design really looks challenging.
       | I'm not sure it could beat the functionality of a standard
       | "truck" and as a vehicle for "show" there be better options with
       | more resale value out there.
        
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