Once again, the Tesla Cybertruck is the best-selling vehicle that costs over $100,000. Hurray. It’s a pretty impressive fete when you consider how deeply divisive the truck is. It was part of a wider trend in July of high-priced pickup trucks moving the average transaction price needle across the country. Tesla’s Big Discounts Worked, Sort … Read more
Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Tesla Cybertrucks are proving to be absolutely dogshit when it comes to doing truck stuff. Now, we’ve got another example of just that. A Cybertruck Owners Club forum user made a post at the end of last week detailing the damage his truck sustained by hauling something it was supposed … Read more
Screenshot: Tesla, Internet Archive, Photo: Tesla Tesla is big on dynamically changing its pricing, raising or lowering costs to boost sales or extract more profit as the company needs. It also has a history of scrapping the base models of its vehicles after advertising their accessibility with a low introductory price. Now, it seems the … Read more
Tesla has stopped taking orders for the least expensive version of its Cybertruck, which is priced at $61,000, while making the $100,000 version available for immediate order and delivery as soon as this month, its website showed. Demand and supply for the Cybertruck are closely monitored by Tesla investors and fans, because Chief Executive Elon … Read more
The Tesla Cybertruck has only been terrorizing America’s roads for a little over six months, but someone has already managed to get their massive electric pickup truck totalled. A plucky engineer bought the wrecked monstrosity and is attempting to bring it back to life, but it doesn’t sound like a fun task at all. People … Read more
If you’re looking for an electric truck that still feels like a regular pickup, you’re going to have a hard time beating the Ford F-150 Lightning. The Tesla Cybertruck may get all the attention, but if you’re actually going to be hauling anything, for example, you’ll have a far easier time reaching into the Lightning’s … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, May 24, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Tesla Had A Very Interesting Week 1st Gear: Production Is Waning At Tesla Tesla is having a right … Read more
Are these Tesla bots responsible for the shoddiest build quality out there? Photo: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post (Getty Images) It takes a lot to build a car, you’ve got to have wheels and engines and seats and all kinds of body panels that fit together seamlessly to create something that’s safe to hit … Read more
Photo: Tesla I love it when an automaker comes out with pointless junk to go along with their vehicles, and we’ve got another great example of that exact sort of scam from Tesla. Surprise, surprise. The automaker just rolled out the “CyberVessel.” No, it’s not a boat. It’s actually a goddamn stainless steel travel mug. … Read more
For a couple of months now, the Tesla Cybertruck has been out there clogging our roads, struggling with puddles and falling apart in myriad ways. Now, the truck has taken on a pretty basic off-roading test and failed quite spectacularly. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) The test in question was a ramp travel index test, … Read more