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I’m a very average guy. Average husband and average dad. I like all things tech-related. xAI, Tesla, UAVs, robots, BYU, etc…

Washington, DC
Joined October 2008
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Day 4: asking @elonmusk to keep the Cybertruck alive! @cybertruck is one of the reasons people who never cared about @tesla stop and stare in parking lots. You don’t delete the thing that makes people look.
Day 3: asking @elonmusk to change his mind!!! Please, for the sake of awesome, change your mind. Life is crazy and exhausting and difficult. We need more AWESOME, not less. Dropping Cybertruck is deleting awesome from the future. Keep the Cybertruck going and keep AWESOME in our lives!!!
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This is an interesting perspective on the tariffs. Hey @WhiteHouse if you were to get rid of the tariff on Chinese automotive industry is it accurate that we could then have $35K Cybertrucks that are made in Shanghai? Hey @grok what impact would lifting the tariffs on Chines automotive industry have on the American automotive industry?
Elon and the Tesla board are willing to keep making the Tesla Cybertruck, but the credits that existed when they first decided to go forward with the Cybertruck project were ripped out from under them. We can also get rid of the tariff on Chinese automotive industry & then we can have $35K Tesla Cybertrucks that are made in Shanghai. I think honestly we should have a broader discussion of our labor laws & minimum wage rate. What good are they if we can't even compete on the global economy anymore? It can't just be taxpayer funding that buoys our manufacturing industry because it never lasts and we are spending way more than we bring in.
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Reason 8,643 on why @tesla should save the Cybertruck!
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Keep ordering folks!!! We need to keep ordering!!! Hold the line!!! Let’s save the Cybertruck one purchase at a time!!! Let’s go!!! Thank you @elonmusk for extending the production timeline!!!
In order to work through more of the Cybertruck order backlog, production will be extended through the end of summer 2027
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I love Veterans Day! Thank you to every veteran out there. Because of your service, we get to enjoy freedoms most of the world can only dream about—including the ability to hop on X and argue about literally anything, like whether @elonmusk should keep the @cybertruck (he should). You signed a blank check so the rest of us could live free in the greatest country on earth. I’m grateful for every one of you, past and present. Thank you. 🇺🇸
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Maybe in large cities and outside of the U.S. where people use mass transportation differently than the majority of Americans. Never in the U.S. We live different, we shop different we commute different. Also we don’t want to confuse self driving with mass transit self driving like Cybercabs. I want my cars to self-drive 90% of the time. But I want it to be my car. I don’t want to wait 10 minutes for a Cybercab every time I leave a store, leave the restaurant or get a snack at a convenience store.
Replying to @wholemars
There will be some buying of cars for individual ownership, but self-driving cars will be >90% of miles driven
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Keep posting, keep commenting, keep asking the tough questions. Cybertruck can’t go away forever without at least an attempt at saving it! @tesla has produced and accomplished too much to just let Cybertruck go away!
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Look at the numbers on his post. They are insane. How is he not reconsidering the current wind-down plan?
Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production
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Day 3: asking @elonmusk to change his mind!!! Please, for the sake of awesome, change your mind. Life is crazy and exhausting and difficult. We need more AWESOME, not less. Dropping Cybertruck is deleting awesome from the future. Keep the Cybertruck going and keep AWESOME in our lives!!!
Day 2: asking @elonmusk to reconsider. There is clear demand for the @cybertruck , as stated in his own words: teapawt.org/elonmusk/status/211969… Cybertruck shouldn't be viewed as competition to the Cybercab. There is no reason to throw the Cybertruck out to increase Cybercab production. If anything, form Cybertruck Inc. and separate it from @Tesla and @SpaceX in order to keep Tesla/SpaceX focused on Cybercab and pure autonomous driving. Let Cybertruck Inc. continue to produce the most advanced truck in the world.
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It’s 7:25 am on the East Coast… We’ve got to continue laying on the pressure to cancel the cancellation… Cybertruck is the future. The impossible things Tesla and SpaceX have done so far make me believe Cybertruck can coexist with Cybercab… Let’s go!!! Cancel the cancellation!
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Part of being an American is doing things we want to do. It’s likely X times safer to NOT eat pizza, we do it because we like it. This will never change. The American culture of driving cars will never change. Cybercab is the right solution for American mass transportation, but mass transportation will NEVER be all transportation in the U.S.
If a car can drive itself and is ~7× safer than a human driver, there's literally no point in humans driving car
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And you wonder why Republicans lost…
Shame on McConnell’s family. Shame on Republican leadership.
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Dear @elonmusk, are you being held hostage? If yes, blink twice and keep announcing you’re discontinuing the Cybertruck. If no, please confirm it was all a bad dream so we can wipe our tears, laugh it off, and get back to planning for Mars.
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I love it when I get a Grok Bot reset in the middle of my usage period!!! It’s the best!!! Let’s go! P.s. I’m still wanting Elon to reconsider his decision to terminate the Cybertruck…
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Day 2: asking @elonmusk to reconsider. There is clear demand for the @cybertruck , as stated in his own words: teapawt.org/elonmusk/status/211969… Cybertruck shouldn't be viewed as competition to the Cybercab. There is no reason to throw the Cybertruck out to increase Cybercab production. If anything, form Cybertruck Inc. and separate it from @Tesla and @SpaceX in order to keep Tesla/SpaceX focused on Cybercab and pure autonomous driving. Let Cybertruck Inc. continue to produce the most advanced truck in the world.
Day 1 of asking @elonmusk to reconsider the current Cybertruck drawdown. There are dozens of other ways to keep it around and not have it be a drag on the @Tesla or future @SpaceX P&L or go counter to your vision for autonomy.
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The claim that Cybertruck carries an opportunity cost against Cybercab relies on a false premise: zero-sum manufacturing capacity. Opportunity cost only applies when production inputs—like floor space, capital, or engineering talent—are strictly capped. If the Cybertruck is profitable, Tesla can simply expand footprint on dedicated lines (or build a new facility entirely - like in Florida where you won't face liberal backlash) to scale both. Without an active manufacturing constraint, producing Cybertruck doesn't cost you a single Cybercab.
The Cybertruck order rate far exceeds our production rate. We will try to make as many as possible before shutting down the line in about 8 months, but will have to return deposits for a lot of people. This is not a case of Cybertruck being unprofitable, as has been misreported by legacy media, but rather that the opportunity cost of the complexity of Cybertruck is vastly outweighed by the value of incremental Cybercab production.
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Day 1 of asking @elonmusk to reconsider the current Cybertruck drawdown. There are dozens of other ways to keep it around and not have it be a drag on the @Tesla or future @SpaceX P&L or go counter to your vision for autonomy.
Hey @elonmusk I know this is a crazy idea but… it’s time to create a new entity (“Cybertruck, Inc.” or similar) that owns the brand, establish specialized tooling/line at Giga Florida (safe from crazy leftist attacks), and the product roadmap. Elon you’d retain majority ownership (and control). Tesla licenses the core vehicle architecture, software stack, battery/powertrain, and FSD to the new company on commercial terms, supplies key components, and can take a minority stake or preferred supply agreement. The new company runs as a low-volume, high-ARPU specialty platform: mandatory or multi-year prepaid FSD + connectivity, commercial/work-focused variants, capped production (15-30k/year), and explicit autonomy-data contribution. It can raise outside capital at a different multiple, pursue niche markets or government/fleet deals Tesla won’t prioritize, and no longer sits inside Tesla’s automotive gross-margin and capacity numbers. Tesla stops carrying the fixed-cost drag and capacity conflict with Cybercab; the sunk investment has a cleaner path to recovery or write-down outside the core P&L. Send me a DM and let’s chat!
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What did communist countries use before candles? Electricity.
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Dang!!! Big 12 football is no joke! On to the next one BYU! Morgan Scalley might be the best coach Utah has ever had. I’m glad he’s bringing back the good rivalry!
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