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It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 93 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Couldn't happen to an uglier, more stupid car.

It looks like something a 6 year old designed on a 1980s PC.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 35 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I would usually give a lot of credit to someone trying something different, but I'd drive a 1971 Ford Pinto before I ever intentionally get within photographable proximity to a Cybertruck.

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

And you'd be safer for it.

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 22 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

When the cybertruck was first announced, I actually appreciated how different it looked, but its performance and association to Musk has entirely ruined any hope of me ever liking a low-poly vehicle ever again.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 7 points 2 hours ago

I dunno, the original Lotus esprit is still pretty cool in my book

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago

I thought it would look unique in a geeky way. Instead it looks unique in a Nazi way. That's not my vibe. Killed my enthusiasm for owning something that I knew most people would hate. Also costing twice as much and being a piece of shit.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 4 points 3 hours ago

I saw a concept car and expected to see a radically different version on the road. As a design study, I thought it had potential.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

Indeed.

Still shocking he never hired a designer. Even an idiot fraud like Elizabeth Holmes knew to do that.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That's quite exactly what they were going for actually. Lo-res graphic to represent hi-tech. Somewhat like military camo is now pixelated for no practical reason.

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Just because you don't know why digital camouflage exists doesn't mean it has no practical purpose.

[–] Klear@piefed.world 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Neither pixellation nor digitization contributes to the camouflaging effect. The pixellated style, however, simplifies design and eases printing on fabric, compared to traditional patterns. While digital patterns are becoming widespread, critics maintain that the pixellated look is a question of fashion rather than function.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Simplified design and easier printing sounds like a very practical purpose.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 points 35 minutes ago

At the cost of drip? Very much not worth.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

It looks like something a 6 year old designed on a 1980s PC.

It looks like my drawing of a car as a 4 year old brought to reality