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Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it (www.autoblog.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it::"They were like, 'You can't be serious.' They didn't want to have anything to do with it," Franz von Holzhausen said, according to Walter Isaacson.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Keep those designs in your back pocket. Teslas gonna need something to replace the Cybertruck with after it flops and investors finally oust Elon.

[–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

They'll never oust him. If they do, they won't be able to ride Musk's reputation as an engineering and tech genius and they'll have to finally address all the issues plaguing Tesla (terrible service, unreliable build quality, various lawsuits) and I doubt they can afford to actually invest in those things and keep turning a profit.

[–] sugartits@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

The sales of the Model Y are more than making up for any dud Tesla puts out right now.