• sabreW4K3OP
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    23 days ago

    And that’s the thing nilloc is missing. It was never about how many trucks and Roadsters were delivered, it was about mindshare and cool factor.

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      23 days ago

      Roadsters/sports cars are always about brand prestige, but that doesn’t necessarily help the bottom line, most often it the pet project of an auto exec. VW lost money on every Veyron it sold.

      The cyber truck is an even dumber pet project, and really shouldn’t be legal as US such a danger to bystanders. It’s stubborn design is also much more expensive to produce, especially to achieve an acceptable fit and finish.

      I was replying to a comment that was prescribing a post to financial success for Tesla.

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        22 days ago

        Why shouldn’t the design be legal?

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          22 days ago

          Have you seen the guy who was inspecting his new truck and sliced his wrist open in the exposed edge by the tail light?

          Also the leading edge of the truck is absolutely a pedestrian murdering device.

          Most modern trucks are also terrible and need to have pedestrian safety rules applied to them, but at least they aren’t made with “bullet proof” sheets of stainless steel with literally knife sharp leading and trailing edges.

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            22 days ago

            Sorry, we were having a language problem. You’re using American truck and I’m using British truck, so we’re talking about two totally different things.

            Your truck is the pickup, mine is the long-haul thing. 😂