Comment by wat10000
20 hours ago
The Model S was released when Tesla had sold a grand total of around 2,500 cars. It sustained the company for years and did most of the work bootstrapping them from tiny niche to a mass market car with the Model 3.
The Cybertruck was released when the company was selling millions of cars a year. It did pretty much nothing for their bottom line, didn’t break them into any new markers, and fell far short of expectations.
I think worse than just selling poorly, it served as a massive distraction to their development team, keeping them from releasing or updating other, more important cars.