• commander@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    They’re hideous, the places with a population that could afford them mostly view them as a social black mark, and in terms of utility - they’re worse than just about any truck out there. It’s not about max towing weight. It’s about not being able to stack and strap a shit ton of stuff in there

  • N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 days ago

    Mobile dumpsters? Port o potties for the homeless? The possibilities are endless.

    There’s probably a tax write off in there somewhere for Elon. Nice silver lining.

    • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      I was gonna say. Doesn’t seem right that they can just add up the MSRP like that and claim it’s millions worth of something if nobody’s buying. Plus, I’d wager the manufacturing cost of all that is significantly lower.

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      21 days ago

      I wish the article would tell us how many units instead, for this very reason.

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        21 days ago

        Last I remember they sold for $80k, plus that makes the math trivial, so… 10000 vehicles?

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          21 days ago

          Wow that has so much more impact to me, I can really visualise the endless parking lots full of them.

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          21 days ago

          Just looked again and you’re right lmao. I did read it, but somehow missed it.

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          No, we don’t want the article to make us read. We want the article to grab our heads, pull our ears out and talk the information directly into our faces. You know, “tell us.”

    • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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      21 days ago

      $0 worth

      I’d be willing to pay that for a cyberdump. Wouldn’t mind the pubic lovingly trashing it either. It even traps passengers while burning like a complimentary self-cleaning oven feature. The disposal fee might be a bitch.

      On further thought, it might not be worth it.

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        I’d love to know how much it costs to build each cybertruck, and visualise the other revenue loss of storing these, designing the machinery to build this shit and anything other costs that were factored into sales.

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          The big 3 used to need to sell something like 1/2 million cars before covering R&D costs. But that was also back in the 60-70s when they sold a million cars a year and designed it all on paper.

          The cyber truck’s design was so stupid that it may have approached that level of r&d costs. Since bonding and forming such thick Stainless steel isn’t trivial.

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    21 days ago

    No wonder they’re begging police departments to buy them.

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      21 days ago

      A part of me wants the police to have them so they can be a cluster fuck for them to maintain.

      Unfortunately, they’ll maintain it with my tax dollars.

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      21 days ago

      I guess they’re worth the money spent to make them? But yeah, it’s just a pile of trash. I can’t believe I still see so many on the road. I do live in a reddish hell though

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    21 days ago

    Sell them to ocean shipping companies … they can tie a chain around them and use them as boat anchors

  • 60d@lemmy.ca
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    21 days ago

    …so almost enough trucks to supply the people affected by the recalls?

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      21 days ago

      So did other stocks. The Dotard flip-flopped on tariffs again.

    • TooManyFoods@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      The economy is based on vibes and not the true value. However that doesn’t mean they aren’t allowed to borrow against those vibes, to avoid taxes.

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      The stock price isn’t an accurate representation of the worth of the company. It’s an accurate representation of the amount of bullshit the company CEO is filled with.