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dalton99a

(87,816 posts)
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:08 PM Tuesday

Tesla is sitting on $200 million worth of Cybertruck inventory

https://electrek.co/2025/04/01/tesla-is-sitting-on-200-million-worth-of-cybertruck-inventory/

Tesla is sitting on $200 million worth of Cybertruck inventory
Fred Lambert | Apr 1 2025 - 10:28 am PT

Tesla has about $200 million worth of Cybertrucks in inventory in the US, as the truck is extremely difficult to sell.

A year and a half into production, Cybertruck production has ramped up, and inventory is building up.

Last year, Tesla could blame low Cybertruck deliveries on the production ramp, the more expensive Foundation Series, and the lack of access to the $7,500 tax credit.

All of those excuses are not available to Tesla this year. The Cybertruck is simply proving challenging to sell, and the automaker has to throttle down production to avoid building up too much inventory.

This proved problematic in March as Tesla had to put a containment hold on the Cybertruck in anticipation of a recall of units produced to date over a trim falling off the truck.

At the production level, the fix was introduced on March 21st and Tesla still needs to fix Cybertrucks delivered to customers.

With Tesla having issues selling new Cybertrucks, the automaker is reportedly not taking any as trade-ins. Many Cybertruck owners reported trying to trade-in the truck for a new vehicle and they were told that the automaker currently doesn’t accept its own vehicle as a trade-in.

Some owners who have had their trucks in service for extended periods of time are also trying to get Tesla to take the truck back, but the company is forcing them to go through the Lemon Law process.

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Tesla is sitting on $200 million worth of Cybertruck inventory (Original Post) dalton99a Tuesday OP
More like $200 worth. Coventina Tuesday #1
DeLorean was a better vehicle Johonny Tuesday #2
Even the Edsel was better looking synni Tuesday #27
It might have been better... jmowreader Tuesday #3
It's the Jerry2144 Tuesday #6
Even the El Caminos had adequate bed space, the Cybertruck bed is allegorical oracle Tuesday #23
The El Camino was/still is a cool ride. It beat the Ranchero all to hell. Norrrm Tuesday #25
Entire metal body panel are referred to as "trim" falling off?? Tim S Tuesday #4
I'll take one off their hands Jerry2144 Tuesday #5
The empty carcasses will make fantastic emergency shelters bucolic_frolic Tuesday #7
Maybe rump should use one as his bunker, since they have a habit of spontaneously combusting with no immediate escape SheltieLover Tuesday #11
Or dumpsters. nt allegorical oracle Tuesday #24
Last year, buyers were paying $20,000 extra to get the vehicles Demovictory9 Tuesday #8
A neighbor just sold theirs MissB Tuesday #9
200 million is 2,000 completed, unsold trucks maxsolomon Tuesday #10
Just like slobby, he could've gone on and had a presumably happy (miserable) experience, but no, they just had to get SheltieLover Tuesday #12
I'd love to see some daring Cybertruck owner try to get his/her money back Mike 03 Tuesday #13
I heard the Department of the Interior is thinking about purchasing that inventory and use the trucks as dumpsters ImNotGod Tuesday #14
Ha! Jinx! tanyev Tuesday #16
Have they tried selling them as dumpsters? tanyev Tuesday #15
It is much worse than that. Pick-up trucks are supposd to be rugged. Bluetus Tuesday #17
+1 dalton99a Tuesday #30
So basically cybertrucks are mwmisses4289 Tuesday #31
How long before the accountants make musk write off that inventory? LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #18
That thing isn't even a truck. Kingofalldems Tuesday #19
Let the SwastiTrukkks rust! ms liberty Tuesday #20
I'm Sure A Lot Of Them modrepub Tuesday #21
Donald Trump's new Tesla? Norrrm Tuesday #22
And he lost his big money race today! Bluethroughu Tuesday #26
Take 'em up to Canada. I hear the dealers up there have some really good weekend sales. Norrrm Tuesday #28
Cyberdumpsters Blue Owl Tuesday #29
Reporting from Paramus, New Jersey no_hypocrisy Wednesday #32

jmowreader

(52,072 posts)
3. It might have been better...
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:22 PM
Tuesday

...if they had made a pickup rather than the Second Coming of the Chevrolet El Camino.

allegorical oracle

(4,473 posts)
23. Even the El Caminos had adequate bed space, the Cybertruck bed is
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 09:13 PM
Tuesday

not very useful. Also have heard and read that if the truck or one of Tesla cars malfunctions, independent mechanics are not allowed to order repair parts. The vehicles can only be repaired at dealerships. In cities, that isn't a big deal, but it's not handy for wealthy folks who live in their 500-acre farms and ranches.

Jerry2144

(2,752 posts)
5. I'll take one off their hands
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:35 PM
Tuesday

If they pay me $200 K in cash to drive it and own it. Not a penny less though.

bucolic_frolic

(49,557 posts)
7. The empty carcasses will make fantastic emergency shelters
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:36 PM
Tuesday

since FEMA is no longer in the disaster business.

SheltieLover

(65,822 posts)
11. Maybe rump should use one as his bunker, since they have a habit of spontaneously combusting with no immediate escape
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:47 PM
Tuesday

MissB

(16,283 posts)
9. A neighbor just sold theirs
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:41 PM
Tuesday

They paid a bit more than 100k for it and were quoted 35k from one of the car buying places (like Carmax). They ended up trading it in for another EV and got a decent amount of trade in value for it. They still took a bath on the trade in. But presumably they could afford it, since they shelled out six figures for the piece of crap to begin with.

maxsolomon

(36,204 posts)
10. 200 million is 2,000 completed, unsold trucks
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:44 PM
Tuesday

give or take.

Entirely driven by his repulsive personality and alliance w/ MFer. If he'd kept his snoot out of American Politics, there wouldn't be an issue.

SheltieLover

(65,822 posts)
12. Just like slobby, he could've gone on and had a presumably happy (miserable) experience, but no, they just had to get
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:48 PM
Tuesday

into the Fed feeding trough.

Mistake on both their parts.

Mike 03

(18,325 posts)
13. I'd love to see some daring Cybertruck owner try to get his/her money back
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:56 PM
Tuesday

by claiming that Elon Musk's interference in politics and promotion of fascist ideals represents a MAC (Material Adverse Change), a breach of contract, in what the situation was when the truck was purchased and, therefore, the owner should be reimbursed in entirety and the truck taken off the owner's hands.

That would be a fun lawsuit.

ImNotGod

(579 posts)
14. I heard the Department of the Interior is thinking about purchasing that inventory and use the trucks as dumpsters
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:02 PM
Tuesday

in all the national parks. The only downside is that they attract racoons.

Bluetus

(882 posts)
17. It is much worse than that. Pick-up trucks are supposd to be rugged.
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:20 PM
Tuesday

Trucks are supposed to take a beating. Just as soon as Elon's Folly hit the streets a year ago, there were immediately reports of the back part of the frame just snapping off when using the trailer hitch. This is because the genius inventor used a cast aluminum frame. That was bad enough, but then the hitch piece was welded on, which is just not a good idea with aluminum. Rather than admit this catastrophic design flaw that was completely uncorrectable without starting over from scratch, Tesla blamed the owners and put out a complex formula for how little weight could safely be put on the trailer hitch.

Well, fast forward to this week, when a collision caused Elon's Folly to literally break in half -- again because of that terrible choice of a cast aluminum frame. A person would have to be insane to buy one of these things now.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/31/tesla-cybertruck-split-half-crash-with-g-wagon/

modrepub

(3,799 posts)
21. I'm Sure A Lot Of Them
Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:38 PM
Tuesday

will wind up in government fleets being purchased for MSRP or slightly above.

no_hypocrisy

(50,994 posts)
32. Reporting from Paramus, New Jersey
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 04:54 AM
Wednesday

Tesla is parking its inventory in a parking lot removed from its dealership. Row after row after row of cybertrucks, just sitting there. Estimated number: 50+. The rest is Tesla cars, more than 100.

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