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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAccording to automotive experts, Tesla Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history.
Sales of the recall-plagued vehicle have fallen below the 250K in annual sales Musk predicted and it has become the focal point of global protests. It's right up there with the Edsel (for those of us old enough to remember).
This comes after Musk's $20 million losing bet on the pro-Trump candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Tesla reported the biggest sales drop ever, falling 13% in the first quarter while its No 1 rival grew revenue by 60% for the same period.. Now there are rumors the White House may be giving Musk the boot.
https://www.rawstory.com/cybertruck-2671669841

Silent Type
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efhmc
(15,357 posts)sdfernando
(5,644 posts)BlueKota
(4,142 posts)I remember the guy who owned the gas station; where my parents always got gas, would tease my Dad that Ford stood for "found on Russian dump. " One of my Dad's water delivery trucks was a Ford, so that's why. In cars my dad always preferred Buicks.
Klarkashton
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(5,896 posts)Permanut
(6,927 posts)Brother Buzz
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Martha Stewart loves her Edsel, and in fact she ownes Edsel Fords's Maine estate.
Jay Leno likes it, too!
lame54
(37,756 posts)WarGamer
(16,748 posts)A giant flop, considered one of the greatest flops in history.
Tommy Carcetti
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JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,044 posts)for traveling, camping, etc.
Too bad they stopped making them.
BannonsLiver
(19,034 posts)WarGamer
(16,748 posts)surfered
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randr
(12,536 posts)BlueKota
(4,142 posts)hunted down one and had it customized to look like the one in Back to The Future. They donated it to Michael J Fox to auction off for Parkinson's research.
sinkingfeeling
(54,844 posts)FuelArc Has Rated The Tesla Cybertrucks As Over 15x More Likely To Kill Their Passengers.
surfered
(5,896 posts)Thank goodness. He bought a Plymouth Valiant instead with 70,000 mil warranty included. It made it 125,000 mi.
chouchou
(1,730 posts)Tommy Carcetti
(43,833 posts)...what filmmakers in 1982 imagined as the "car of the future" in movies that were set in 2013.
hatrack
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