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Data shows just how hard Tesla's Cybertruck has flopped

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People don’t want to wait 4 years from announcement/deposit, until delivery.

If I remember correctly, the Cybertruck was the first EV pickup to be announced. While waiting for release the Ford F-150 Lightning, Rivian, and Hummer EV were released… maybe more, those are off the top of my head.

They went from 0 competitors in the space at announcement, to being just another EV truck by the time it shipped. People who really wanted an EV pickup weren’t going to wait an unknown amount of time for the Cybertruck when other models were already shipping years earlier.

The Roadster is even worse. It’s been almost 9 years since it was announced. And we’ve had 9 years of other companies knowing Tesla’s goals for the Roadster, and beating them with cars that are on the road today.

Leaving aside one's opinion of Elon Musk: was the CT any good as a truck? I have never, /ever/ seen a truck-y business (plumber, contractor, etc) in a Cybertruck. This puzzles me.

It's not cost since they are driving $90K Rams and F150s. I doubt it is politics. Even the design is going to please someone, people bought Azteks after all (Europeans: uglier than a Fiat Multipla). They're not in stealth mode since there are wrapped Cybertrucks, just not advertising electricians and landscapers like those on the F150s.

Are there any HN readers out there who can supply first hand reviews of what it was like as a work truck doing work truck things?

There was a construction site near me that had a Cybertruck in the parking lot during work hours. Granted, construction workers don't necessarily use their personal trucks for work things, or even for truck things, but they do tend to buy trucks at a much higher rate than workers in other fields.

From watching Whistlindiesel abuse a Cybertruck, he found it was far better than any other truck at some things, and far worse at others, so it really depends on the application. He liked it enough that he bought one to not destroy.

I did at last see a Cybertruck carrying a thing. An easy chair, I think.

I had never seen one with its bed cover off before. I wasn't certain that a Cybertruck could actually carry things.

This clearly wasn't a contractor, but it was at least the kind of thing that you call up your friend-with-a-truck for.

JerryRigEverything on YouTube wasn't particularly impressed with the Cybertruck as it had catastrophic failure at 10,400 pounds of downward force on the hitch.

> Leaving aside one's opinion of Elon Musk: was the CT any good as a truck? I have never, /ever/ seen a truck-y business (plumber, contractor, etc) in a Cybertruck.

If a plumber turned up in a Cybertruck, I'd call another plumber. It's just one of those things, like an electrician turning up with burned-off eyebrows and hair sticking up straight.

Model S/X is no longer being produced. Cybertruck is next.

Model 3/Y and perhaps billions being invested in Optimus robots.

A good reminder that Tesla cars are the top EV selling cars in the world!

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/08/02/top-selling-electric-ve...

It was too expensive anyway.

Aside from the fact that it's not a good truck.

Is it a good anything?

It's a really good billboard. I know someone that runs a sign printing and wrapping company, and he bought one to advertise his business. It has a lot of flat, easily legible surface area.

Seems to be a good indicator of ideology and political alignment.

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