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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 6 points 4 days ago

There's plenty of much cheaper regular-looking EVs outside North America, too

Looking at the top 10 selling EVe in the US, it's Tesla with the top 2, then 5 vehicles you'd only know are EVs if you follow this stuff closely (looks like a normal crossover SUV from the outside, normal driving controls in the driver's seat, mostly tactile buttons and knobs for controlling radio and climate), a Rivian, then 2 semi-normal vehicles.

It's mainly crossover SUVs (Tesla 3 sedan and the Ford F-150 pickup being the main exceptions), but that's mostly true of America's top selling gasoline vehicles, too, at least after the pickups.

[-] dan@upvote.au 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Interesting, I didn't realize that so many popular EVs in the US just look like normal cars.

The US is only 5% of worldwide EV sales, and things are very different outside the USA! Out of the top 20 EVs worldwide last year, only three are sold in the USA - the Tesla Model 3 and Y, and the VW ID.4.

There's big differences in price, too. The BYD Seagull (#5 most popular) is $8k in China or AU$24k (US$17k) including tax in Australia.

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/03/20-best-selling-ev-models-in-the-world-in-december-tesla-makes-an-increasingly-rare-1-2-win/

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