If nobody wants them, then they are worth $0.
this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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You could definitely sell those for more than $0. The batteries alone aren't cheap.
So somewhere inbetween as the article says "more than 10,000 units" and "$800m" so they appear to be valuing them at ~$80k/unit which is ridiculously optimistic.
My guess is closer to 1/3rd of that value but nobody likes to lose half a billion in the blink of an eye
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I am expecting them to end up as ICE technicals, used to hunt down dissidents like...checks notes...American citizens, children, and the elderly.
So your saying one will be able to avoid ICE by simply escaping on days when its raining?
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If he drops the price to about $8k and includes lifetime fast charging, I'd consider one. Of course, for $8k, there are plenty of much nicer used trucks available on the market, though.
And they actually have truck functions that trucks should have. And they aren’t completely useless if the iPad in the cab decides to not work
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Can someone explain how the demographic of people who loved to park their gas guzzlers to purposefully block tesla charging stations are now Musk fanboys all of a sudden?
Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
There is only one single core belief in fascism. There must be an “in” group that the state protects, and an “out” group that the state oppresses. There are zero other rules. This means that the definition of the in group is completely arbitrary and fluid based on what helps the strongman at the top. If you ever question the definition of the in group, you are automatically part of the out group.
In fascism, there are no opinions. There is only loyalty to the one on top of the hierarchy. When they are told to hate EVs, they hate EVs. When they are told to love them the next day, they love them.
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You know, by stock market logic, this would mean they aren't actually worth $800m
If the stock market had anythign to do with logic Tesla wouldn't be worth more than all other car manufacturers combined
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I wonder if people don't want the truck because of its design or the association with Elon more.
Does it really matter? It's a shit looking vehicle that can't drive in the rain if you don't switch to carwash? Mode? I think?
The vehicle has so many design oddities, so many manufacturing problems, and it's associated to one of the least liked billionaires in recent memory, so much so that people in the general public go out of their way to vandalize the vehicle whenever the opportunity presents itself.
What's to like about it? Even if you don't hate Elon, and don't hate the look/design, the"truck" is a meme at best and a gigantic waste of resources.
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$800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks
Cybertrucks aren't worth the glass of the molotovs that ignite them.
Worth and cost are not synonyms.
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Time to bury them in the desert right beside the ET Atari cartridges.
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