Photos Show Cybertrucks Piling Up As Tesla Struggles To Move Thousands Of Expensive Trucks
There was great fanfare when deliveries of the Tesla Cybertruck finally began in earnest in late 2023. Influencers and die-hard fans fought for the first trucks off the line, while flippers made out big by reselling in the early days. However, it appears demand may have cooled significantly based on new photos out of Texas.
These photos come to us from Zerin Dube, auto writer and photographer extraordinaire. He regularly finds himself passing Tesla’s delivery center down in Houston, and he’s spotted something odd of late. For some reason, there are a ton of Cybertrucks just sitting around—and the mass seems to be growing at a rapid rate.
“I reckon all those people who ordered aren’t taking delivery when push comes to shove,” says Zerin. He notes that it only cost $100 to get on Tesla’s list until December 2023, when the price jumped to $1000. “How many ordered for the lulz?” he asks.
Tesla recently stopped taking orders for the cheaper, and as-of-yet unreleased $61,000 version with a 250-mile range that’s scheduled to be delivered in 2025. A recent report from Reuters suggests that demand for the more expensive models is waning:
“It shows that demand is a lot less than a million trucks,” Guidehouse Insights analyst Sam Abuelsamid told Reuters.
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“They’re sitting on a lot of inventory of two-motor and three-motor trucks right now,” Abuelsamid said.
The Cybertruck isn’t the only Tesla model with excess inventory piling up. As can be seen in the video below from July, the parking lot is full of Tesla sedans and SUVs, too. Perhaps it’s simply that Cybertrucks are the easiest to store off pavement
Again - parking them far too close together..inherent risk there.
