The Tesla Cybertruck, once a highly anticipated EV, is facing significant sales challenges, prompting Tesla to offer leases and free upgrades to move its inventory.

Tesla Cybertruck appears to be facing significant sales challenges. After initial hype faded, and over a million reservations turned out to be as real as unicorns, Tesla is now enabling leasing options and free upgrades to move its inventory of the futuristic pickup truck. The company’s recent silence on the Cybertruck, even omitting it from their earnings call, speaks volumes about the situation.

Tesla initially projected sales of 500,000 Cybertrucks annually and established production capacity at the Giga Texas for 250,000 units per year. After working through the initial reservation backlog with fewer than 40,000 deliveries, the automaker is now struggling to sell the remaining vehicles.

  • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    That’s unlikely. You need to get grants from the federal government, chiefly the DHS, to get money to buy major equipment. There ain’t anymore federal grants remember. Small volunteer, (70% of all fire depts in the US), services are especially reliant on those grants to replace major assets.

    Source: Been on committees to spec and buy ambulances and fire trucks and turnout gear. Even boots and gloves sometimes.

      • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        You act like you don’t understand police departments need grants to buy those things also.

          • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            Let me introduce you to ‘We ain’t got no money to buy anything’ trick.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              1·
              1 day ago

              I assure you that the police (and/or other enforcement positions) will be some of the last to “run out of money.”

              • bluewing@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                8 hours ago

                Still got to have the money. And police departments need to have budget to replace equipment.

                I have been elected to a city council several times and have gone over police budgets and it was no easier for the police to get money replace a squad car or get any of the “goodies” you think are so easy to them to get. There is only so much money to be had in any city budget.

              • SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                23 hours ago

                The reason why police have a ton of “militarized” equipment us because the military puts a lot of gear up for sale as surplus. Our county sheriffs picked up an old hummvee and MRAP for practically nothing.

                Cybertrucks aren’t mil surp. Maybe years from now but not anytime soon

        • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          You act like they won’t be replaced or disbanded by Musk if they won’t do what he wants. He has enough money to buy anyone and anything. And he shows he isn’t scared in doing so.