Pickup trucks usage stats do not completely reflect how buyers think emotionally. True, most people use their pickups as daily drivers most of the time. But they do occasionally use the truck for hauling stuff or towing stuff. Or they think they might someday. And they want that capability ready and available. They don't want to rent a truck to pickup some mulch or buy some furniture, or help their kid move into their first apartment, or tow their travel trailer on vacation twice a year, or haul their motorized toys to the cabin on the weekends. They want to own the capability for the convenience and so as to feel self sufficient. Nobody enjoys renting a truck or depend on borrowing from others. Look at how they advertise pickups - they always show them getting stuff done AND facilitating recreational activities involving hauling or towing stuff. They never show people driving to the office every day in a pickup. The CyberTruck may or may not get over that threshold emotionally. In my opinion, if it had a more conventional pickup truck bed that would help a lot. And its not just about the side sails. With those slots and the hatch in the bed, it just doesn't feel like the right vehicle to dump a load of of rotting yard compost into. Or even take home a yard of clean black dirt. Or haul demolition debris from ripping out an old concrete sidewalk. Maybe with a poly bed liner added in might help.
hey, thank you so much for your input but, wow, I couldn't disagree more completely. I'm not sure where you get the idea of people not buying simply because somebody else buys something. Especially something that will sell in as much volume as that. no, having more cyber trucks on the road will cause more sales. It always works. I also think it's ridiculous to tell somebody don't buy something that you want just because you want it. The best thing is for everybody to buy as many as they can and want. I don't even understand the idea, from a psychological standpoint. I don't see anything in it that makes any sense. The cybertruck is so visually arresting that anyone who sees one, is going to wonder about it. Besides, is there even a chance of another truck being more quintessentially plebeian? most people are going to have to be convinced to buy it, not convinced to stay away from it. Even if they get angry and hate it because it's not gas guzzling and throwing black smoke everywhere, they're still going to wonder. More cyber trucks on the road means more cybertruck sales. Besides, it's going to be at least two years before Tesla even works through the pre-order list. And that's once they get manufacturing going! What's the point in anybody waiting? There'll be plenty of new interest once manufacturing catches up to demand. Still, who knows, maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about.
I’m still looking forward to the cybertruck, but I have a feeling some of the other entrants might have more of an ideal size.. the fisker render from yesterday caught my eye. was also hoping for a December update to tide us over a few months...