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Tesla Cybertruck: all the news about Elon Musk’s futuristic pickup truck

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Tesla Cybertruck: all the news about Elon Musk’s futuristic pickup truck Here’s everything you need to know about Tesla’s first pickup truck, which Elon Musk has called “heart-stopping” and his “personal favorite” of Tesla’s vehicles. Pickups have become more popular lately — their share of the US light vehicle market increased to 17.5 percent in 2019, from just under 13 percent in 2012. They’re also the

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Gold Cybertruck Owner Says He Can’t Handle All The Hate But Tesla Won’t Take The Truck Back

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Gold Cybertruck Owner Says He Can’t Handle All The Hate But Tesla Won’t Take The Truck Back The owner of a gold-wrapped Cybertruck took to the internet to complain about what he and his family go through as the owners of a rolling, gaudy, controversial gold monstrosity. The man’s had enough, but it looks like Tesla’s not taking the truck back. Read more…

Jalopnik 349 2025-02-12

Welcome to Cybertruck Anger Management

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Welcome to Cybertruck Anger Management We’ve all been there. One day, you’re driving to the grocery store, minding your own business, and then you see it coming from the opposite end of the street. At first, you panic and wonder if it’s the off-screen entity from Bird Box that drives people to death if looked at. But then, just as quickly, you feel it: a deep, primal rage. The future…

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‘We Nearly Got Killed’ Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says Full Self-Driving Caused Massive Crash

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‘We Nearly Got Killed’ Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says Full Self-Driving Caused Massive Crash Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software and its flagship Cybertruck have been plagued with issues since hitting their respective markets. That’s why it’s no surprise to learn that if you put the two Tesla inventions together, the results aren’t exactly good. Read more…

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Tesla Slashes Cybertruck Lease Prices As Demand Stagnates

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Tesla Slashes Cybertruck Lease Prices As Demand Stagnates The Tesla Cybertruck has a serious demand issue, and as more and more of these stainless steel monoliths to MAGA pile up on dealer lots, Tesla is making moves to get them out the door. The automaker just dropped lease prices for the cheapest Cybertruck, and all-wheel drive versions are getting more incentives like… Read more…

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Cybertruck Owners Say They Are ‘Worried About Hate Crimes’ And Suggest Saluting ‘Each Other Like Elon’ To Show Support

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Cybertruck Owners Say They Are ‘Worried About Hate Crimes’ And Suggest Saluting ‘Each Other Like Elon’ To Show Support Ever since it finally went on sale in 2023, the Tesla Cybertruck has been on the receiving end of some pretty bad press. The car has been hit with recall after recall, failed at some pretty basic truck tasks and hasn’t sold in the huge numbers Tesla projected. Now, the ridiculous truck’s owners report that they are … Read more…

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UK Seizes Illegal Cybertruck Caught Driving On Its Mountains Green

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UK Seizes Illegal Cybertruck Caught Driving On Its Mountains Green Police in the UK finally did something useful after officers in the northern city of Manchester impounded one of the first Tesla Cybertrucks to make it across the pond. Officers cleared the Manchester streets of the electric menace Thursday and impounded the Cybertruck as it is “not road legal in the UK.” Read more…

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Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘bestselling,’ so why is it offering discounts?

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Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘bestselling,’ so why is it offering discounts? Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesTesla is declaring the Cybertruck to be “America’s bestselling electric pickup truck in 2024.” And yet, for the first time, the company is offering discounts of up to $2,600 on the low-poly truck, a sign that demand may not be as strong as Tesla would like you to think. The discounts, which appear o…

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Las Vegas police release ChatGPT logs from the suspect in the Cybertruck explosion

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Las Vegas police release ChatGPT logs from the suspect in the Cybertruck explosion Image: LMVPDNearly a week after a New Year’s Day explosion in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, local law enforcement released more information about their investigation, including what they know so far about the role of generative AI in the incident. They confirmed that the suspect, an active duty soldier in the US Army named Matthew Live…

The Verge 617 2025-01-08

Tell Me A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Wouldn’t Buy This House

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Tell Me A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Wouldn’t Buy This House When you mostly write about cars for a living, you usually don’t get to write much about houses except to remind people that you can sleep in a car, but you can’t drive a house. Ricky Bobby’s house from Talladega Nights did sell recently, and then over the summer, we saw the most divorced condo of all time, complete… Read more…

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The Tesla Cybertruck isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

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The Tesla Cybertruck isn’t all it’s cracked up to be The Verge / Photo by Bloomberg, Getty ImagesA few months before the first Cybertrucks were delivered to customers, Tesla CEO Elon Musk got on a call with investors and said he wanted to “temper expectations” about the polarizing vehicle. “It’s a great product, but financially, it will take, I don’t know, a year to 18 months before it is a signif…

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Cybertruck explosion investigation identifies the driver and tracks its path to Las Vegas

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Cybertruck explosion investigation identifies the driver and tracks its path to Las Vegas Image: LMVPDA day after a Cybertruck exploded in the Trump Hotel valet area, law enforcement officials released more details on the progress of their investigation, including the coroner’s confirmation that the driver was a US Army soldier named Matthew Livelsberger, who died by suicide of a self-inflicted gunshot just before the explosives in t…

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Tesla’s Cybertruck Just Became Eligible For $7,500 Federal Incentive, Still $32,590 More Expensive Than Originally Promised

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Tesla’s Cybertruck Just Became Eligible For $7,500 Federal Incentive, Still $32,590 More Expensive Than Originally Promised As everyone was watching the ball drop and celebrating under a fireworks-filled sky when the clock ticked over into 2025, the IRS was unveiling its newly revamped list of vehicles eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax incentive. Surprise of all surprises, the controversial Tesla Cybertruck made the cut this year. Read more…

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