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This. None of them make me go "Damn, that's a good looking car..." any more than a number of others. The Cybertruck is just am embarrassment, design wise.
by Fomite 1y ago
This. None of them make me go "Damn, that's a good looking car..." any more than a number of others.
The Cybertruck is just am embarrassment, design wise.
- stirfish 1y agoI wonder if the politics will impact the designs in the long run, as Tesla becomes a less desirable place to work
- somedude895 1y ago[flagged]
- brewdad 1y agoWith every insane X post Musk makes we get closer to where having Tesla on your resume is a black mark the same way folks are judging Meta employees in the other thread. When the politics are that front and center, it becomes a real liability to the company.
- hyperadvanced 1y agoOTOH, Cybertruck is one of the only original car designs in modern memory. It’s dumb as hell, but I like it. That said, I have no idea who it’s for, I wouldn’t buy one. But I respect them for designing such a ridiculous vehicle, and for it actually being able to sell, albeit somewhat poorly compared to expectations. I say all of this as a recent $TSLA bear with a healthy short position.
- bdangubic 1y agoshorting TSLA is never smart because TSLA investors are not driven by any rhyme or reason. Elon is the greatest salesman to ever live and people have been buying his sh*t for decade+ now. if TSLA was a reasonable company investment-wise I would mortgage my house to short the shit out of it :)
- hyperadvanced 1y agoYep, that’s why I clarified that I am a recent bear. I think that in the next year funds will reevaluate them and we will see at least a 20% drop in price.
- alextingle 1y agoIt'll never drop by 20%. Either it keeps on growing, or it collapses. Given that they apparently have no new models in development, I'd expect the latter. - Their roadmap is just updates to their existing line-up, and vapourware crap that relies on their "Full Self Driving" somehow magically starting to work.
- gavinsyancey 1y agoYeah -- I am of the opinion that TSLA is rather obviously highly overvalued, but the market can stay insane for longer than I can stay solvent so there isn't anything I can do to act on that.
- conductr 1y agoI kind of like it. It's one where the pictures and renderings look cool but IRL it looks like they messed it up. However, I've seen a few modded Cybertrucks with bigger wheels and tires and a wrap that actually make me think it doesn't look to bad. Concerns over build quality keep me away from Tesla as a whole, it looks too cheap to me and I've seen too many videos where things are just falling off.
- philistine 1y ago> It's one where the pictures and renderings look cool but IRL it looks like they messed it up. That's because they did. The initial plan was for the plates to double as the frame of the car. That's how they could have achieved the seamless look of the renders. Turns out they couldn't make it work for whatever reason and the plates are just on top of the frame.
- protocolture 1y agoI love the visual design. But the performance looks terrible. Meanwhile china is making utes that look pretty bland but perform amazing for the price.
- adgjlsfhk1 1y agoIt's original in the way that a toddler drawing a car in crayon on your wall is original.
- kube-system 1y agoYes, and there used to be a time when other automakers did crazy stuff too. Sometimes they sold well and sometimes they didn't. But the variety and creativity was nicer than what we have currently on the market, which is a bunch of midsize SUVs, which aren't good at being an SUV, aren't good at being a car, and all look like jellybeans.
- JKCalhoun 1y agoIt's dumb as hell but I don't like it. But I know what you're saying. I give it credit for being out there when nothing else in the auto industry is. Sadly though, its failure will likely further entrench the rest of the industry.
- overfeed 1y ago> ...one of the only original car designs in modern memory. ... I respect them for designing such a ridiculous vehicle Based on the criteria, you might like the Fiat Multipla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Multipla
- tim333 1y agoI was quite enthused about the cybertruck when it was announced. A lot of it was using the same material as starship and I was quite into the multiplanetary stuff. Since then with Musk doing nazi salutes and DOGE I'd be somewhat embarrassed to have one.
- strken 1y agoI thought it was a neat concept but I'm surprised they took it directly into mass production. I thought they'd take the design language and make something a bit more mainstream with it. The matte steel body and the unbroken slope on the front are cool, if impractical. There's something funny about the tray and the featureless non-grille though.
- protocolture 1y agoHonestly I really think the winning move for the 80% of the market that isnt already in an electric is "This is your current car, but electric".
- holmesworcester 1y agoElectric does make it pretty important that the software is unusually good for a car, though, because the software has to compensate for non-ubiquitous charging infra. Tesla does this very well. There are some quirks around charge scheduling and charge limiting that Tesla does really well too. It's not rocket science but software in most "current cars" is terrible.
- tbossanova 1y agoI drive a 2018 Nissan Leaf and the software is sometimes laughably bad. But the basics like when you’re charging are ok in my experience
- cedilla 1y agoThis is currently becoming a smaller and smaller problem with charging infra growing fast. I guess it will become an issue again when "car" becomes synonymous with "EV" and there's a sudden spike in EV registration, but who knows when that tipping point will occur.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoIf you buy car for looks this forum is not for you.