I was a Cybertruck Sceptic: Then I Got Behind the Wheel of One.
December 19, 2024 at 08:36AMThe Cybertruck has proven to be “a compendium of defects and malfunctions, ” but while the temptation is to “write off the ugly new truck as a piece of Musk-inflected hubris and industrial idiocy,” people are still buying it. S.C. Gwyne explores why this could be something else Elon Musk might just pull off.
Are Musk’s politics hurting the Cybertruck, or helping it? It’s too early to say. The politics here don’t line up along conventional partisan lines. While Musk leaped onstage with Trump and dumped millions into his campaign, many Republican officials were busy demonizing electric car incentives. Musk has cozied up to Governor Greg Abbott, yet Texas depends hugely on oil and gas. It’s clear that Musk has angered many Tesla car owners, some of whom have bought bumper stickers that read, “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy.” In California, new car registrations for Teslas declined for three consecutive quarters, according to a July report from the California New Car Dealers Association.
from Longreads https://longreads.com/2024/12/18/i-was-a-cybertruck-sceptic-then-i-got-behind-the-wheel-of-one/
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