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Your opinion contradicts everything reported by https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-engineering-manufacturing https://www.motortren
by rcMgD2BwE72F 7y ago
Your opinion contradicts everything reported by https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-engineering-manufacturing https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi.... The article was written by auto journalists who had access to the design team and the truck, and who studied it weeks before it was revealed to the public.
- ncmncm 7y agoWhat do you imagine they had to sign to get in weeks ahead of time? Very obviously, something deeply compromising. Car news is, first of all, a business.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 7y agoSo you're imagining that Tesla went to various publications and only let Motor Trend access their new product because MT consented to spread lies? What did the other media do, they turned the offer down and still keep their mouths shut about that deal? They would all have more to gain by revealing these kind of practices (since Tesla is the only company not to buy ads in the media) than publishing bullshit articles that you didn't even read or that you can't trust because... they discussed the design with the product's team. This makes no sense whatsoever.
- ncmncm 7y agoThe Business is far more mature and sophisticated than you imagine. All the kinks were worked out long before you were born. The gravy train depends absolutely on a reliably massive wave of hype, each year. Everyone knows their lines. Anyone without a sterling portfolio doesn't get hired by Motor Trend. Anyone who ever gets out of step does not make Editor. So, no, Tesla never "went to various publications". Nobody else did, either. That is not how the machine works.