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As Carlton Reid reports,

"On an earnings call a month before the November 2023 launch of the production vehicle, Musk boasted that Tesla had bagged 'over 1 million' Cybertruck reservations and that 'demand is off the charts.'"


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wired.com/story/where-did-the-

WIRED · ‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?By Carlton Reid
William Lindsey :toad:

Yet:

"One of the staggering things the latest Cybertruck recall has revealed—other than Tesla’s use of the wrong glue—is that Elon Musk’s company appears to have sold 46,096 of these 7,000-pound electric pickups since customer deliveries began a little over 14 months ago."


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