• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      That’s only the rear wheel drive ones. There are still plenty of other idiots who were dumb enough to put down even more money for the prior more expensive variants.

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        8 days ago

        Of course it’s only the rear wheel drive ones, that’s what this is all about?!
        Still it’s lame to only sell 173 of a cheaper version, the sales on day 1 should have been higher than that.

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          8 days ago

          The fact that they are selling any of those hideous looking, terrible vehicles is kind of impressive in a very sad way.

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            8 days ago

            Yes it’s an all around horrible car, it’s kind of impressive it has stayed in the market for as long as it has. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it is discontinued soon.

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        8 days ago

        Yes kind of, but that’s not the same as being public, but a report based on 3rd party information.

        The official Tesla Cybertruck numbers are bunched together with Model S and Model X.
        Which is also why the very poor sales of the cheaper model is news.

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          8 days ago

          Didn’t they also run some giant sales scam in Canada to fraudulently claim tax credits for fake EV sales? Where they were claiming dealerships were selling like 200 cars a day?

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            8 days ago

            Yes indeed they did, and Tesla came under investigation and the tax deductions were withdrawn as fraudulent.
            I am not aware of the result of the investigation, but I bet Tesla would have advertised it if they were cleared.

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              8 days ago

              i could be mistaken but wasn’t this one of several investigations into Musk owned companies which was halted after the inauguration?

              There were so many investigations against tech bros stopped in 2025, it’s hard to keep it all straight.

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                8 days ago

                There were allegedly investigations into Tesla in USA too, that were stopped by Trump and the Musk DOGE program.
                But this has nothing to do with the obvious fraud they did in Canada.