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Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

24 points by wzm 2y ago

DarkNova6 2y ago
I can't help but to feel schadenfreude. It's what you get with what looks like a "meme-first" approach to product design. Also, am I the only one who keeps thinking of the Simpson's Canyonero when reading cybertruck news? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA
- rickdeckard 2y ago
  I think much more of "The Homer", the car that was designed solely to Homer Simpson's specification... https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer
- drivingmenuts 2y ago
  I think of the Aztek and its beautiful styling (compared to the Cybertruck). And also Truckla, which is the (apparently) the most problem-free Tesla truck. Right now, Tesla should be kneeling at Simone Giertz’s feet, begging for her help.
DonHopkins 2y ago
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bearjaws 2y ago
They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category. How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation. You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to come, but Elon had to have his Halo warthog.
- epgui 2y ago
  Why don’t we just wait to see how things play out before making that kind of judgment? Production has barely started to ramp.
  - drawkward 2y ago
    Things have been playing out before our eyes for a few years now. I know, because I put down a deposit for a cybertruck on Day 1. Glad I canceled it several months ago.
  - cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
    We don’t need Elon to discover the properties of stainless steel for us, thanks.
    - epgui 2y ago
      I think you vastly underestimate the complexity of metal chemistry.
  - DonHopkins 2y ago
    If by "barely started to ramp" you mean "paused". Edit: or "laid off more than 10% of their global workforce". https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce/ https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-o... >But the squeeze on the company’s operating margin — which came in at 8.2% in the fourth quarter, down from the 16% for last year — remains, and Tesla has warned investors to brace that vehicle volume growth this year “may be notably lower” than the rate logged in 2023, noting it is “currently between two major growth waves.” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/tesla-shares-dip-in-premarket-trade-on-global-layoff-reports.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/tesla-shares-dip-in-premarke... >Tesla will lay off more than 10% of global workforce: Read the Elon Musk memo >The company’s stock was down 1.20% in premarket deals at roughly 7:30 a.m. ET. >“As we prepare the company for our next phase of growth, it is extremely important to look at every aspect of the company for cost reductions and increasing productivity,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an internal memo obtained by CNBC. >[...] But the squeeze on the company’s operating margin — which came in at 8.2% in the fourth quarter, down from the 16% for last year — remains, and Tesla has warned investors to brace that vehicle volume growth this year “may be notably lower” than the rate logged in 2023, noting it is “currently between two major growth waves.”
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socar 2y ago
>Get yourself killed in Tezla Garbage Truck because someone skimped on adhesive quality and quantity keeping decal in place Genious move by master visionary richest person in the world who sleeps on factory floor to save humanity

24 points by wzm 2y ago

I can't help but to feel schadenfreude. It's what you get with what looks like a "meme-first" approach to product design. Also, am I the only one who keeps thinking of the Simpson's Canyonero when reading cybertruck news? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

rickdeckard 2y ago
I think much more of "The Homer", the car that was designed solely to Homer Simpson's specification... https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer
drivingmenuts 2y ago
I think of the Aztek and its beautiful styling (compared to the Cybertruck). And also Truckla, which is the (apparently) the most problem-free Tesla truck. Right now, Tesla should be kneeling at Simone Giertz’s feet, begging for her help.

DonHopkins 2y ago

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bearjaws 2y ago

They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category. How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation. You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to come, but Elon had to have his Halo warthog.

epgui 2y ago
Why don’t we just wait to see how things play out before making that kind of judgment? Production has barely started to ramp.
- drawkward 2y ago
  Things have been playing out before our eyes for a few years now. I know, because I put down a deposit for a cybertruck on Day 1. Glad I canceled it several months ago.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
  We don’t need Elon to discover the properties of stainless steel for us, thanks.
  - epgui 2y ago
    I think you vastly underestimate the complexity of metal chemistry.
- DonHopkins 2y ago
  If by "barely started to ramp" you mean "paused". Edit: or "laid off more than 10% of their global workforce". https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce/ https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-o... >But the squeeze on the company’s operating margin — which came in at 8.2% in the fourth quarter, down from the 16% for last year — remains, and Tesla has warned investors to brace that vehicle volume growth this year “may be notably lower” than the rate logged in 2023, noting it is “currently between two major growth waves.” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/tesla-shares-dip-in-premarket-trade-on-global-layoff-reports.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/15/tesla-shares-dip-in-premarke... >Tesla will lay off more than 10% of global workforce: Read the Elon Musk memo >The company’s stock was down 1.20% in premarket deals at roughly 7:30 a.m. ET. >“As we prepare the company for our next phase of growth, it is extremely important to look at every aspect of the company for cost reductions and increasing productivity,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an internal memo obtained by CNBC. >[...] But the squeeze on the company’s operating margin — which came in at 8.2% in the fourth quarter, down from the 16% for last year — remains, and Tesla has warned investors to brace that vehicle volume growth this year “may be notably lower” than the rate logged in 2023, noting it is “currently between two major growth waves.”

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socar 2y ago

>Get yourself killed in Tezla Garbage Truck because someone skimped on adhesive quality and quantity keeping decal in place Genious move by master visionary richest person in the world who sleeps on factory floor to save humanity