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Well there are a lot of people that buy pickup trucks in America that aren’t in trades, etc.

Ford’s F150 Lightning had a 2 year wait list. So there definitely was a market.

I’m not one of these people but just in my circles I had a neighbor who’s a lawyer who considered one, and another that’s a marketing exec.

And another friend who’s in IT pre-ordered a cyber truck.

Sure, but that’s what I’m saying: even for the people who buy trucks basically as status symbols, it’s a crappy truck.

There’s just no use case, IMO, where it sells to anyone who isn’t fully into what Elon was or currently is, or who didn’t buy the bullshit (self-driving, etc).

The F150 was the perfect electric truck - it can do real pickup things, but it also hits all the sweet spots for people who want a truck but don’t really need one (and who are willing to spend the premium).

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