I'm exactly in that subset: I love the Cybertruck's looks for some reason, enjoy its stupid overwrought impracticality, but would never drop that much dough on something so frivolous.  Plus I'd have no faith that I could get parts once it's inevitably discontinued.

I also wonder how much of the sales slump comes from alienating vast swathes on both sides of the political spectrum.  Not sure who the modal Tesla customer is these days aside from Elon fanatics, and there's only so many of those.

elvismercury

Cybertruck was never convincing to me.  I had some friends who thought it looked cool (most didn't), but even the ones that liked it weren't gonna shell out the cash for it.

TBH, I don't see American companies outcompeting China in the next two decades.  Chinese graduate students are usually the best, and they have much more human capital for technology and manufacturing now.  The best American minds have been occupied with playing fiat games for the last 30 years.

Stacker_Stocks

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BlokchainB

Cybertruck was never convincing to me.  I had some friends who thought it looked cool (most didn't), but even the ones that liked it weren't gonna shell out the cash for it.

TBH, I don't see American companies outcompeting China in the next two decades.  Chinese graduate students are usually the best, and they have much more human capital for technology and manufacturing now.  The best American minds have been occupied with playing fiat games for the last 30 years.