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Yup. The Model S was vaporware and the 3 was definitely vaporware and the cybertruck was definitely vaporware.

>In the computer industry, vaporware (or vapourware) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is late, never actually manufactured, or officially cancelled.

Vaporware means it never comes. People need to find a new thing to shit on besides tesla not delivering cars. Make fun of Elon's hair plugs or something realistic at least

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Full Self Driving is vaporware. The “cross country with no interventions” drive is vaporware.

His hair plugs are actually really good. Whoever did that one would put them in his before and after catalogue even if Elon wasn’t famous.

Vaporware means it is substantially overdue, has not arrived yet, and shows no sign of imminent arrival.

"Never" is a big word.

Every single one of Tesla's cars has been called vaporware and they always deliver. At this point it's a dead horse.

I love it when my bulletproof cybertruck uses its full self driving ability to act as a robotaxi that earns me passive income while I sleep before I wake and temporarily use it as a boat to reach the mainland hyperloop entrance

Don't forget that the value of a used Tesla has gone up as much as 5x from purchase price!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/03/cars/musk-tesla-cars-value-ev...

Yes! I was overjoyed when they delivered The Car That Doesn’t Depreciate But Actually Appreciates With Time Instead

If Tesla comes out with a fully autonomous car in 2035 does that mean the “Full Self Driving” add-on for cars in 2025 isn’t vaporware?

Or that the the "quite likely" for 2022 isn't vaporware, or that the "extremely confident" for 2021 isn't vaporware, or that the "million robotaxis" for 2020 aren't vaporware, ad nauseam.

Looking at the broader discussion, I suspect there's some confusion between " it won't be a vaporware promise if someone makes it today" versus "past vaporware promises have been retroactively fulfilled."

> Every single one of Tesla's cars has been over-promised and they always under-deliver. At this point it's a dead horse.

FTFY

I wasn't going to agree, but I think your interpretation is correct:

  vaporware | ˈvāpərˌwer | (vapourware British English)
  noun Computing informal
  software or hardware that has been advertised but is not yet 
  available to buy, either because it is only a concept or because
  it is still being written or designed.

Maybe more like the Magic Leap, it exists but isn't what was promised.

Where is $40k CyberTrack and 500 miles range? It never came.

I don't remember a CyberTrack being announced.

$39,900 is close enough. https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-pricing-sta...

Yep and now GM will eat Tesla’s lunch with the EV Silverado which is far more practical

By that definition Duke Nukem Forever was not vaporware.

Duke Nukem Forever isn't vaporware though. I guess both of us are old and remember when it was the posterchild for vaporware for decades but it was released and now nobody refers to it as vaporware.

> cybertruck was definitely vaporware.

The $35K CyberTruck will not ever make it to market, and I'd wager money on it.

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