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.

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    19 hours ago

    Well no…cause they advertised it as a base price so I kept like and like together. That 60K price is for the RWD model that isn’t even out yet. The AWD model starts at just shy of 80K.

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      19 hours ago

      Yeah I thought so.

      Quite a few people would think $60k is a good price. It’s not, but it’s more palatable in the current car market.

      $80k+ for it is only justifiable by shitheads.

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        19 hours ago

        If you want the whole picture…

        They announcement price versus what they are at now.

        Dual Motor AWD: $49,900 => $79,990

        Tri-Motor AWD: $69,900 => $99,990