34 percent depreciation after one year and 6,000 miles
Multiple signs from the last two quarters indicate that sales of Tesla vehicles are declining more sharply than ever. The company is struggling to sell the Cybertruck in particular, as its perceived value has started to plunge.
In the first quarter of 2025, Tesla saw the biggest sales decline in its history. A January report showed that its year-over-year sales fell by half in Europe overall and by 70% in Germany despite rising sales of other EV brands. In February, sales dropped by 49% in China as the company reported its lowest numbers since 2022. Last month, Chinese EV automaker BYD outsold Tesla in Europe for the first time.
That’s just how they look clean. That metal doesn’t last. It also gets wobbly. Warpy? Like… it’s not that super flat metal anymore.
They look awful. Good.
Someone in my town owns a cybertruck. The metal started getting badly discolored so they painted it black. It doesn’t look any better in black.
Yeah I see painted ones too. That’s like painting a DeLorean though—tacky.
I saw one that had been painted a matte black, and I gotta admit, it actually looked pretty cool. Still a wildly impractical, deathtrap of a car, but it did look like a cool vehicle you’d see in a sci-fi movie.