Anybody with a brain knew this was never going to work and Tesla was obviously lying about the 2 million reservations (okay not lying, omitting some 'small' details - like that the reservations were meaningless, much like their 'Robotaxi' is public, where by public they mean an app that lets you join a waitlist...).

Electreck article though is suggesting xAI / SpaceX are buying them not only to help Tesla, but the timing suggested that it was also to extract as much of subsides as possible. As this is a significant transaction between releated entities, there should be some documentation on that in quarterly financial statements. Quite curious how many they bought - based on Tesla influencers posts, at least for SpaceX it looks like a lot:

https://x.com/JoeTegtmeyer/status/1977422203810414807#m

I've never been in one, but the design really looks challenging. I'm not sure it could beat the functionality of a standard "truck" and as a vehicle for "show" there be better options with more resale value out there.

Part of it has to do with how distinctive it is. And how distinctive the CEO’s antics have become. It seems the one has become a symbol for the other.

One passed me on the street a month ago and every single person raised an eyebrow, even the girls who went to church with the driver and said hi to him looked mildly apologetic as though they didn’t really want to be associated with any of it, but were too polite to say so.

I’d be surprised if sales ever recovered. Then again I was surprised the board approved a trillion dollar pay package for the guy. Maybe people think he still has a Midas touch despite the backlash.