“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?

  • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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    14 days ago

    Is the F150 Lightning that expensive? I have no idea what normal pricing is in the US. But they don’t seem very pricy for what you get?

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      14 days ago

      F150 lightning is about 63K for the base model. It was also not available until 2022 (announced in 2021). The tesla cybertruck, 82K base, was first announced in 2019 (not manufactured til 2023).

      For it to be cheaper than an average new car in 2019 it would have to be under $37,000. For it to be cheaper than an average new car now it’d have to be under 48.6K

      That’s a lot of thousands before the electric savings win out.