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[–] [email protected] 236 points 1 month ago (3 children)

“$800 million worth”?
“Nobody wants”?

Sounds like creative accounting…

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They tried that in Canada and got caught. They'll get a free handy for doing it in the US under Tump though.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That’s what Trump’s big legal battle with New York was about - lying about the value of a penthouse or something.

So much of these “rich” fuckers wealth is just bullshit on paper.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have $800M worth of lint in my belly button, apparently

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[–] [email protected] 221 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The photograph that says it all. Let's remember Elon Musk for the Nazi that he is.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This photo is taken out of context, though. I mean, he slapped his chest before the salute, and he did it twice in a row... Ah shit nevermind, he's a Nazi.

[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The hand on his heart really does make you think twice about the meaning though, just like it did with that other guy.

Musk and Hitler

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wow. I had no doubt it was a salute, but seeing them side-by-side is chilling

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[–] [email protected] 155 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gee, that's too bad. I do Nazi the problem.

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[–] [email protected] 126 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If nobody wants them, then they are worth $0.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

You could definitely sell those for more than $0. The batteries alone aren't cheap.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

So somewhere inbetween as the article says "more than 10,000 units" and "$800m" so they appear to be valuing them at ~$80k/unit which is ridiculously optimistic.

My guess is closer to 1/3rd of that value but nobody likes to lose half a billion in the blink of an eye

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[–] [email protected] 115 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Next week: US Department of Defence announces purchase of fleet of Cybertrucks.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Can't wait to meet the successor to M1 Abrams: the M2 Sad Tin Can.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's just ridiculous. To spend money to remove infrastructure, out of hidden spite.

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If nobody wants them... they are not worth that amount. simple economics.

supply and demand...

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I know i would get made fun of for this but a good price is a good price. I would pay $15,000 for one. I think most people would.

Edit 2 min later - I thought better of it. No i still wouldn't want it. I wouldn't trust Tesla not to hack it at some point and take it over.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You could rip the batteries out of them and use them for a solar setup. The rest could be sold for scrap.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 month ago (27 children)

"$800m"… If nobody wants them, they're not worth anything.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You know, by stock market logic, this would mean they aren't actually worth $800m

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the stock market had anythign to do with logic Tesla wouldn't be worth more than all other car manufacturers combined

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Stock market logic, sell one cybertruck for $1m and your whole inventory is now worth 10x

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I am expecting them to end up as ICE technicals, used to hunt down dissidents like...checks notes...American citizens, children, and the elderly.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So your saying one will be able to avoid ICE by simply escaping on days when its raining?

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago (3 children)

$800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks

Cybertrucks aren't worth the glass of the molotovs that ignite them.

Worth and cost are not synonyms.

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Cybertrucks are just sitting around, waiting for someone to officially label them the DeLorean of the 21st century.

Hey! You take that back! DeLoreans were always cool cars. Their demise wasn't due to lack of popularity, the company just had problems getting established, and ultimately didn't survive its initial growth phase.

Nobody despised the DeLorean, or it's owner. They just ran out of money, and he tried a desperate Hail Mary play, that didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Their demise was absolutely due to lack of popularity. In December '81 they had produced 7,000 units and sold 3,000. I'd argue that they failed for the same reason Fiero did -- they looked like a sports car but were not. Top speed was 110mph. 0-60 time was 10.5 seconds. It had a V-6 that put out 130hp in a car with a curb wt of 2700 lbs. 0-60 time was measured at 10.5 seconds. To put that in perspective, about the same as a 99 Ford F-350 Super Duty Crew Cab 4x4 Dually or 73 LTD Brougham. There are virtually no modern cars that run 0-60 that slow. A 2024 5.3l Suburban has a time of 7.0

In addition, they had numerous quality control problems. This in a car that retailed for $25k or the rough equivalent of $86,000 in today's dollars. While it's probably true that nobody despised the car, it was not a good car. They were definitely cool sitting in a parking lot but getting spanked by a 1980 Chevy Citation (0-60 10.3) is not a good look

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fuck Tesla. No bailouts for Nazis.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (10 children)

"nobody wants" or 60% of Americans can't afford basic living expenses?

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Correction. They are worthless. lol.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yeah, if nobody wants them, then they are worth 0 dollars net

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Wait, now it's only $700 million. $400 million. $34 million... And it's $6.50.

Yeah, I guess there is someone out there who would buy a fleet of dumpster cars for $6.50.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'd buy one for about tree-fiddy.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Can someone explain how the demographic of people who loved to park their gas guzzlers to purposefully block tesla charging stations are now Musk fanboys all of a sudden?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

There is only one single core belief in fascism. There must be an “in” group that the state protects, and an “out” group that the state oppresses. There are zero other rules. This means that the definition of the in group is completely arbitrary and fluid based on what helps the strongman at the top. If you ever question the definition of the in group, you are automatically part of the out group.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Time to bury them in the desert right beside the ET Atari cartridges.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Is that price at full retail price or cost of parts. Either way, sounds like someone misjudged the market by a lot and needs to be ejected from their CEO role.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (5 children)

$800 million worth is giving a lot of value to something they can barely give away. Maybe $800K worth of material after the cost of dismantling.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

They really should use the number of units. If Musk cranks the price from 80k to 120k, they suddenly have $1.2B sitting there? It's the same 10,000 ugly-ass pieces of shit.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Actually saw a Tesla with a Trump/Vance sticker on it today. I was already at 92% hate for Tesla. Thanks for making that 100% today stranger.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Strip out the bad stuff and drop them in the ocean and they can become reefs for fishies and their buddies?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Strip out the bad stuff

What's left after that?

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I want to drive one into a brick wall. Not with me in it or anything. I figure I could do it just by setting it to auto-drive into a painting of a tunnel Looney Tunes style.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just send them to Africa with the next batch of hats and t-shirts of whoever doesn't win the NBA finals

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