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Its latest, the Model Y, is on its way to becoming the best-selling car in the whole world.

Let this quote sink in for a moment, haters.

This above achievement from a start-up not yet 20 years old. AND it’s an EV. Truly incredible! As is the below Wiki grab.

On January 10, 2020, Tesla become the most valuable American automaker to ever exist, with a market capitalization of US$86 billion.[178] On July 1, 2020, Tesla reached a market capitalization of US$206 billion, surpassing Toyota's US$202 billion to become the world's largest automaker by market capitalization.[179]

(tempting to ask) .. GM who?

 

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They will sell everyone they can build. Not even a question. How fast can they ramp up production is the only thing.

You mean sales will be limited by supply, not demand. Gotcha, not hard to understand. 🙄

 

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It’s a new line building a vehicle they haven’t done before. That’s going to be there greatest limiting factor vs supply.

What we are seeing is truly remarkable. You couldn’t make it up! Or believe it, even as a B-grade movie plot. And clearly the residue of denial remains.

Only five years separate Tesla’s birth and GM’s rebirth.

In 2008 GM resumed operations as an existing automotive design & manufacturing powerhouse. In 2003 Tesla was formed from literally nothing, beginning with 2 staff.

The comparison couldn’t be more stark. From nothing, a company has turned the industry upside down, and has forced GM to turn itself inside out.

One is the story of rapid expansion towards international success. Whilst the other, previously the perennial world leader, has shrunk down into regional status and now plays catch up, to a start-up!

 

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That is an interesting take. To be honest I see Tesla as an example of company that shouldn’t have gotten so big so fast if it weren’t for a heavy reliance on government money. Ol’ Elon knows how to swindle the tax payers and I sure don’t like it from that Charlatan.

Thank you. That emboldened quote from Electrek which I highlighted in my post #9, it really hit me - how Tesla Model Y is now “on its way to becoming the best-selling car in the whole world.” (!) And this follows the terrific success of Model3. Which itself follows on from their rightly praised ModelS.

Truly phenomenal.

As a rejoinder to your view, I might also observe (and it can’t be ignored or dismissed) that new GM has likewise, and literally from and in its creation, been a massive beneficiary of both private and taxpayer largess...

 

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For mutual consideration I forward these selectively edited, and admittedly positive, ELECTREK quotes via the OP’s (positive) citied article:

But can the electric pickup truck live up to Elon Musk’s hype and the 1.5 million pre-orders?

Musk has been hyping the Cybertruck as not only Tesla’s best vehicle yet but as possibly the best product ever.

The CEO is known for his use of hyperbole, but he has some credibility when it comes to Tesla’s vehicle programs since each model has raised the bar in one way or the other in the auto industry.

Musk announced that Tesla received over 250,000 reservations for the Cybertruck within a week of unveiling the vehicle.

Generally, Tesla receives a lot of reservations early after an unveiling, and then it tapers off – but that wasn’t the case with the Cybertruck.

Even throughout the pandemic, sources told us that some Tesla stores were getting hundreds of Cybertruck reservations per week, and Cybertruck pre-orders even helped boost sales.

By 2021, a crowdsourced Cybertruck reservation tally was putting the pre-orders at over 1 million units.
Now in 2022, the same tally put Tesla Cybertruck reservations at over 1.5 million units.

That’s unprecedented demand – though to be fair, Tesla is only asking for a $100 refundable deposit per reservation, which is not the strongest show of interest. But even if the actual order take rate ends up being relatively low, this is still extremely strong demand.

Lately, we have reported on several moves by Tesla showing progress in bringing the electric truck pickup truck to production at Gigafactory Texas. The company says that it is on track for starting production in mid-2023.

Its latest, the Model Y, is on its way to becoming the best-selling car in the whole world. Will the production Tesla Cybertruck live up to all the hype?

I’m leaning toward yes. No matter what you think of Elon Musk or Tesla as a company, the automaker’s vehicle programs themselves have never disappointed.
If Tesla would deliver the Cybertruck at the price point and with the specs originally announced in 2019, I think it would undoubtedly beat the Model Y.

... I think the program should be highly successful as long as the specs are similar.

I get the brutalist appeal of the stainless steel, paintless body of the truck. Combined with the utility of the vehicle, I think a lot of people will see the Cybertruck rise on the top of their list for a new truck.

In light of the above, and to project; will Tesla’s (undeniably prescient, imho) Cybertruck prove to be an economic ‘loser’, aka Aztec et al?

Somehow I don’t think so 🤔

 

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must....follow....groupthink....

must... allow... 280 character media sites... to determine... my automotive groupthink purchases...

 

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Volume certainly wasn’t there for the Aztek.
Over its 8 year calendar history it garnered a miserable ~120,000 paid votes of support, as compared to the current, albeit initial 1.5 million financial votes of interest in Cybertruck, so far.