“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla’s polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?

  • BuelldozerA
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    6 days ago

    Dunno about anyone else but I bailed. I made a reservation for a tri-motor version, a reservation I cancelled before the truck was available because Elon started taking Tesla off the rails.

    Putting the political horseshit aside I’m very glad that I ended up not buying one. They’ve proven to be poorly engineered and poorly constructed.

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      6 days ago

      I am quite surprised you were able to back out of it. and that they didn’t try strong-arming you.

      • vinnymac@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        If I recall, at the time the original “reservation” for the $70k truck was literally $100. There’s no way that would’ve ever held up in a court. Much like the original $40k price tag did.