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The Cybertruck is unlikely to be sold in any market outside of North America, let alone in a RHD market. In the unlikely even that Tesla ever brings this marque to another continent it will almost certainly be a physically smaller revision.

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I'd be surprised if the angular design complied with regulations related to pedestrian safety in countries such as the UK, where AFAIK you can't have rigid hood ornaments or bull bars.

As for size, larger vehicles/SUVs are fairly popular in the UK, probably in part due to the deteriorating state of the roads (potholes, speed bumps)...

Much like the roads, APCs will catch on as the country itself deteriorates. Cybertruck will do great in South Africa for example.

I don't see the land of rolling blackouts taking up electric vehicles as the country deteriorates more.

You're probably right, but if you've got enough solar panels on your house, you could potentially be even more self-reliant than if you were beholden to a liquid fuel supply chain.

They could install giant pink safety rubber nubs for the uk market.

The Cybertruck is unlikely to be sold in any market.

I'll gladly take a 1000 USD bet on that

Eh, I doubt that they wouldn't release it at some point, but I do expect some poor sales, except from Telsa fan. There is already good EV truck in the market and aside from a weird design, it doesn't seem that the cybertruck bring anything more to the table.

Tesla has an extensive Cybertruck production line nearing full readiness in their massive factory in Austin, Texas. It is obviously a real product because the alternative hypothesis is beyond implausible.

Yeah, they definitely won't miss this launch date like the last 3. It will definitely launch in the year of desktop linux.

According to TSLAQ consensus, Tesla will never release the Model 3.

Sure, but it's one more radically different platform consuming Tesla's engineering and production resources as a whole.

This isn't unusual. There are plenty of vehicles which don't rely on sales outside of North America in order to justify their engineering costs. Indeed, the same story is true across the world, with the Japanese domestic market littered with "radically different" products which are exclusively designed for the domestic market.

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