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People are hype because.... end of the day, they ship products that basically do what they say, and what they say is a big leap from what you have now. The stats on the tesla truck are incredible, just clearly better than other trucks announced at the moment. The hype is - wow we're getting something new, and we can trust these people to deliver it.

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>People are hype because.... end of the day, they ship products that basically do what they say, and what they say is a big leap from what you have now.

The hype train existed before Tesla was a company with a proven track record.

Elon Musk is an incredibly good hype-man.

I'm not saying that it's undeserved, but if cultivating the enthusiasm of others is a skill, folks like Musk have it.

You're right. Creating incredible products that people love is a good skill that creates enthusiasm

Cybertruck isn't even competitive, let alone impressive, in its market segment. Doug DeMuro did a great rundown of this here: https://youtu.be/Q-0DdRHA-ZQ

What does that 15minute lecture say?

It basically says that cheap work trucks make better work trucks. Like many of Doug’s opinions, he’s not wrong, he’s just missing the point. Nobody is going to buy a Tesla truck based solely on towing capacity.

He seems to be making the argument that people bought the Model 3 because it’s a “good value” and won’t do the same for the cyber truck.

No Doug, people buy a Toyota Camry because it’s a good value. They buy a Model 3 because it’s freakin cool and it’s not $80,000. The cyber truck’s value proposition is not “utilitarian vehicle” either.

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