Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Why Nobody Wants To Buy a Cybertruck (Anymore) (www.youtube.com)

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Ford killed the F-150 Lightning because nobody wanted it. Tesla's Cybertruck is selling even worse—but Elon Musk refuses to let it die. In this documentary, we uncover the hidden truth behind the spectacular collapse of the Tesla Cybertruck, how a promised $39,900 revolution turned into a depreciating six-figure nightmare, and how Musk is quietly using his own private rocket company to buy up unsold inventory just to keep the numbers from cratering.

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[–] sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It wasn't selling at the volumes Ford expected, in large part because dealers were refusing to order enough to keep in inventory. So it was a paradoxical problem where customers were expressing interest on waitlists, but the manufacturer was seeing soft demand. The dealers basically would try to upsell them on the ICE version of the same truck decked out with high-margin options.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 9 hours ago

Thank you, that clears it up.