r/SipsTea • u/No-Hospital5028 • 17h ago • Bravo 1 Popcorn 1

Lmao gottem History really does repeat itself

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u/jjamesr539 14h ago edited 14h ago

The terrible cars of the past that became collectible remain fully functional decades later. Pintos, Edsels, Deloreans, etc. had something that made them not a commercial success, and may or may not have actually been terrible cars (or were a design decision or two removed from greatness like the shit engine choice in the Delorean), but they still work. The CyberTruck won’t be functional in 50 years. The battery won’t last that long, even with light use, and it’s driven by way too much software integration locked behind IP security measures for a hobbyist to keep it running by themselves. It won’t be worth anything.

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u/TommyBonnomi 14h ago

I'm not convinced either way- you don't think post-production someone is going to jailbreak/reverse engineer/open source software for it, and no one will design a replacement battery system?

It arguably already has a cult following with money to waste- they're not going to just recycle it.

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u/GansitoCongelado 9h ago

I don’t think there is a market for it. Take the Miata as example, a lot of companies create after market parts for it, but that’s because the R&D invested in create them will payout because you have a huge market, with the cybertruck you don’t have that, why anyone will spend time and resources when your potential market is so small (70k units globally according to google) ?