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To Elon Musk, truth is fungible.

Tesla guillotine
https://www.fastcompany.com/91073608/this-cybertruck-design-flaw-could-chop-off-your-fingers

And why Tesla is failing
https://www.fastcompany.com/91086771/6-reasons-why-tesla-is-failing-and-they-all-have-to-do-with-design

Quote :

The Cybertruck’s owners manual does caution against ever washing the truck in direct sunlight, and there is a section expressly mentioning that the truck has to be switched into “Car Wash Mode” before washing to avoid damage to parts of the vehicle.

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011

WTF is up with that???

Another recall.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/business/tesla-cybertruck-recall/index.html

And so soon.

Two weeks ago they scrapped plans for a low-cost EV.
https://cnevpost.com/2024/04/06/tesla-scraps-plans-for-low-cost-car-report/

Originally, back when the sports car was the only Tesla out there, Musk had said that the high-priced models were necessary to fund the research and get the charging infrastructure in place. Once those were done, he said, profitability would come with mass-marketing a $25,000 car.