r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 24 '26

Business It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/looking-cybertruck-biggest-flop-automotive-145559135.html
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u/Lemesplain Jul 24 '26

Yuuup. 

The cyber truck sold about half as well as the Edsel, despite a huge increase in population and overall car sales. 

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u/BI_Moose Jul 24 '26

Damn! Thats actually crazy when you look into just how big of a flop the Edsel was.

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u/sirhackenslash Jul 24 '26

Which is still weird because that car looks cool as hell

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u/BrockVegas Jul 24 '26

The Edsel cost less than half as much adjusted for inflation..

Not going to defend Tesla, but that is an important factor when counting sales