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Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt (www.arenaev.com)
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Tesla Cybertruck appears to be facing significant sales challenges. After initial hype faded, and over a million reservations turned out to be as real as unicorns, Tesla is now enabling leasing options and free upgrades to move its inventory of the futuristic pickup truck. The company's recent silence on the Cybertruck, even omitting it from their earnings call, speaks volumes about the situation.

Tesla initially projected sales of 500,000 Cybertrucks annually and established production capacity at the Giga Texas for 250,000 units per year. After working through the initial reservation backlog with fewer than 40,000 deliveries, the automaker is now struggling to sell the remaining vehicles.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which vehicles have that? The base cybertruck has two motors for AWD.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

It's just to make OP feel smart. A single driven axle with an open differential with one wheel on more slippery ground than the other would result in only one wheel transferring torque.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Regular F150s have single wheel drive.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you explain? I'm not much into cars, but that doesn't sound right to me. A quick Google suggests maybe you're referring to the open differential, but I don't think that means that only one wheel is powered.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They’re referring to an open differential. If you look at an open differential vehicle doing a burnout you will see that only one wheel is spinning.