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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I hate Tesla as much as the next person but if the cyber truck retails at 10x the price (adjusting for inflation) then the cyber truck out earned the Ford Edsel 5:1. I don't know the real numbers but I'm sure it's not as bad as this makes it seem.

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

Ford Etsel's base trim was ~$2500 in 1958, which is ~$28k today. Cybertruck base trim is $80k. So it's closer to 3x and not 10x. Consider also that a lot of cybertruck sales were made to other muskrat companies in order to inflate the numbers, which ford didn't do back then, and the US population nearly doubled since then. I'd say cybertruck is a worse flop all things considered.

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