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Tesla’s Cybertruck flop is historic. The brand collapse is even worse

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/3/2331384/-Tesla-s-Cybertruck-flop-is-historic-The-brand-collapse-is-even-worse?


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So we can reasonably extrapolate that Tesla sold maybe 1,000 to 2,000 Cybertrucks in its second quarter, which is beyond hilarious. At this rate, Tesla may have to shut down entirely. There’s no way it comes close to recouping the massive capital sunk into manufacturing.

But is anyone actually surprised? Not only is it the ugliest vehicle on the road, but it’s also become a rolling MAGA meme. Many of the Teslas on the road were bought back when Tesla was the only electric vehicle option—when Musk still claimed that his mission was to save the world.

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Now Trump is threatening to deport Musk and unleash his DOGE “monster” to destroy his companies—cutting off the federal contracts that keep Tesla and SpaceX alive. Musk was once the patron saint of culture war capitalism, but now he’s getting excommunicated by the very people he tried to impress.

So who’s left to buy Teslas? Crypto grifters? Joe Rogan stans? That’s not a customer base; it’s a comment section. And Tesla’s sales numbers reflect that.