Cybertruck confirmed as the biggest automotive flop in history.

[ethernrhum@mstdn.ca]

@Mdebal @aburtch Standby, Elon is cooking up an “historically accurate version” right this minute

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@Kmachel @aburtch
United States ended 1955 with a population of 165,058,000 people, which represents an increase of 3,177,000 people compared to 1954.

United States in 2025. Total population: 347,275,819.

A ratio of 1 : 2.1

The Cybertruck is a poorer design than the Edsel and illegal in the UK and EU due to hazards to pedestrians and cyclists.

EDIT:
Sorry, I thought Edsel was 1955, it was 1958.

[djsumdog@djsumdog.com]

I use to see a couple every month when they first came out. Now it's pretty rare I see one; probably once a month at most.

The thing is, a bunch were sold. So are people just not driving them, or did they get sold to collectors who ... also never drive them?

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@Kmachel @aburtch
United States ended 1958 with a population of 174,153,000 people, which represents an increase of 2,975,000 people compared to 1957.

So still 2025 market in USA about twice that of 1958 by population, yet in 2nd year Tesla sells about 1/2 of Ford's Edsel in its 2nd year.

[aburtch@shakedown.social]

@EtherNRhum @Mdebal that’s too good!

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@grim_elsewhere I was wondering how far I'd have to scroll to see my emoji

@aburtch

[angelicaura@transfem.social]

@aburtch@shakedown.social @czarbucks@m.ai6yr.org

Well, I would think that it's not a negative to people who are proud fascists.
It seems we're getting more and more of those

[aburtch@shakedown.social]

@alice @grim_elsewhere Great emoji!

[petko@social.petko.me]

@aburtch @czarbucks even US nazis seem to know that the nazitruck is shit...

edit: And those are dumbfucks that are fine with flying the confederate flag

[jchaven@social.sdf.org]

@aburtch

It's even worse when you consider the number of buyers in the US car market.

Total number of cars sold in the US:
1958 5.5 Million
2024 15.8 Million

In 1958 the Esdel competed in a much smaller pool.

[rebeld@cosocial.ca]

@aburtch @czarbucks

fascists?

[wordstitcher@thecanadian.social]

@aburtch
Every time I see one of those things I want to laugh. Then I wonder what kind of idiot would buy one.

[peachfront@toot.community]

@aburtch

wait, more Edsels were sold to a much smaller (1958 sized population) is this what i'm reading?

i never want to hear a dudebro talk about this fool's genius ever again...