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Tesla will sue you for $50,000 if you try to resell your Cybertruck in the first year::Tesla may agree to buy the truck back at the original price minus "$0.25/mile driven" and any damages and repairs.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

So is this thing actually called a "Cybertruck"? Because that sounds like something my 7-year-old would come up with. I hadn't really given it much thought until now...

[–] Soggy 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's how Musk names everything. He loves the letter X, he named the Tesla models "S", "3", "X", and "Y", the Cybertruck, his five most recent children including "Techno Mechanicus"... He's absolutely unfit to be in charge of anything.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh my fucking word, it's true

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this was 40k, Techno Mechanicus would be an amazing name 😂

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, true that

[–] shifted_drifter 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow I never realized the letters/numbers for the Tesla models spells "sexy" in l33t5p34k

[–] evolatic 3 points 1 year ago

He wanted the E instead of 3 but I think GM had the trademark on it.

[–] Red_October 18 points 1 year ago

It also looks like someone drew the initial plans for it in crayon on a napkin, so that checks out.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't see it without seeing Homer Simpson in that car he designed.

[–] ours 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Musk being childish and you've only realised now? What hole have you been in (and is there space for one more?)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh no, I know Musk is childish. This was just the first time I thought about the name "Cybertruck."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The glass punch during presentation was the sign of things to come.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's probably how my 7-year-old would pronounce it.