• katja@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    This is 100% initiated by Elon to sell trucks to the airforce and as a bonus project an image that the cybertruck is viable for something like that. It laughably isn’t and can also easily be tracked. Off road isn’t really possible either from what I gathered.

    Hard to think of a worse vehicle for that purpose actually.

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      2 days ago

      it is a perfectly viable strategy to get one’s enemies to buy that flaming rubbish bin Elon calls a truck.

      He’s probably motivated by greed, but low key, it’s a brilliant strategy.

      Oh. wait. he wants our airforce to buy them? shit.

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      2 days ago

      The purchase order is for (2) CyberTrucks, among a group of 33 vehicles total. Here is thought they found a way to ease the glut in the used market…

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      It also has a tiny range compared to like the Silverado EV or Hummer.

      It’s been proven to be laughably easy to break in various ways.

      A 50 cal round will go right through it and into the battery. Then it’s just about being patient while it self immolates.