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If they would have been smart, they would have done a two door extended cab with a 6ft bed and more conventional truck aesthetics with the Tesla design language and put in a fused bus bar in the frunk. Basically a bigger and more feature rich version of the Slate truck.
They could have sold so many for fleet use and to people who want an electric truck that can tow. Sure the Ford guys would have gone for the Lightning, but everybody else would have got the Cybertruck on a least a lease while they waited for GMC and Dodge.
Instead they made an ugly vehicle that has a tiny market and overproduced it.
It would still have been sold by Musk. No thanks, would rather walk.
Context matters. The sane version of the Cybertruck would have release in 2023 and sold well. Fleet sales would have gone for an extended cab over a 4 door like the Lightning or Cybertruck(not that they would go for a cybertruck anyways due to the impractically.