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Tesla’s Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel Comparisons
www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-07-22/tesla-cybertruck-risks-becoming-the-ford-edsel-of-the-ev-era?srnd=phx-industries-transportation
Bloomberg.comTesla’s Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel ComparisonsBoth automakers expected consumers to buy hundreds of thousands of their futuristic models per year. Tesla’s pickup is missing the mark by a wider margin.
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
You get my boy Edsel Ford’s name out yo mouth. Edsel Ford was one of my favorite historical figures from the 20th century.
But ya, the car the Edsel was a dud.
Replying to @blitzen@lemmy.ca
But ya, the car the Edsel was a dud.
From what I understand, it was less of one than the Cybertruck, though. Lots of marketing issues, lots of QA issues, but the only serious design flaw seems to have been the weird transmission setup, whereas the Cybertruck . . . actually, let’s not go there.