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Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it::"They were like, 'You can't be serious.' They didn't want to have anything to do with it," Franz von Holzhausen said, according to Walter Isaacson.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (16 children)

There's no way in hell this shit doesn't completely flop, right? Like, who in their right mind would buy this garbage aside from techbros riding Elon's pole?

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

If it weren't for Musk standing to make a profit from it and Tesla's history of questionable design decisions and quality issues, I'd potentially be interested in one. I like how it looks (although my aesthetic choices are certainly not everyone's cup of tea,) and the specs are pretty impressive if they manage to deliver on them.

There's a lot of hunger out there for more EV trucks, musk fanboys will gobble up anything he is involved in, and lots of people make questionable vehicle purchases, I think it will sadly sell just fine.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I predict it will flop harder than the Segway.

[–] scottyjoe9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Here's to hoping Musk tries some extreme cyber trucking on a very high and dangerous cliff somewhere too.

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