JCHIP retweeted
Progress has been made. But Cybertruck isn't out of the woods yet.
We're going to make it happen.
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JCHIP retweeted
Cybertruck and Cybercab are the two best products Tesla has ever made.
Our offer isn't about preserving a legacy. It's about preserving an autonomous future for families and explorers, on road and off.
The future is autonomous.
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An open offer to Tesla: We fully support putting Cybercab first, and we’d be glad to take the Cybertruck line off your hands.
We’d fund it with a consortium of investors and run it at no cost to Tesla’s floor space, headcount, or focus. All of that goes to Cybercab. Cybercab gets first call on battery cells too. We’ll wait our turn.
Tesla gains incremental profit: a license fee, plus FSD and Robotaxi network revenues on every vehicle built.
We’d build the Cybertruck, a three-row CyberSUV, and an unmanned CyberCargo hauler. More autonomous miles, across every surface of this planet and beyond.
Worth a conversation?
JCHIP retweeted
A fair question we’re hearing: can UP really run the Cybertruck vehicle line?
Not alone, and not overnight. Tesla expects to dismantle the line around mid-2027. Until then, we’re organizing interested investors, recruiting experienced manufacturing talent and partners, and choosing a location. We’d like to be near Giga Texas.
Production would need to ramp back up, and it may be cell constrained. Peak output may be lower and unit costs may be higher. A reset is hard, premature death is harder. We choose reset.
We believe this is highly fundable because one production platform serves three markets: existing demand for the pickup, pent-up demand for a seven-seat SUV, and Robotaxi network vehicles in useful all-terrain form factors (seven-seat people movers, cargo haulers, and pickups). Those markets have no feasible second best alternative with Tesla Autonomy.
We’re full believers in Optimus. When Tesla has units ready, we aim to build a line where humans and humanoids work coordinated shifts around the clock.
This depends on attracting people who believe in the mission: extending the joy of this cutting-edge technology platform onto roads not yet traveled. Tesla has set the bar themselves for what a qualified operator looks like, and we intend to meet it. There is perhaps no company as loyal or committed to Tesla as UP. We’ve built on Tesla platforms since 2013, and we’d be honored to carry the torch.
We’re grateful for the outpouring of support from Tesla owners and shareholders, and we look forward to continuing the discussion.
For those looking to contribute: [email protected]
An open offer to Tesla: We fully support putting Cybercab first, and we’d be glad to take the Cybertruck line off your hands.
We’d fund it with a consortium of investors and run it at no cost to Tesla’s floor space, headcount, or focus. All of that goes to Cybercab. Cybercab gets first call on battery cells too. We’ll wait our turn.
Tesla gains incremental profit: a license fee, plus FSD and Robotaxi network revenues on every vehicle built.
We’d build the Cybertruck, a three-row CyberSUV, and an unmanned CyberCargo hauler. More autonomous miles, across every surface of this planet and beyond.
Worth a conversation?
JCHIP retweeted
"To solve sustainable energy, we have to have a pickup truck"
-@elonmusk 2019
JCHIP retweeted
An open offer to Tesla: We fully support putting Cybercab first, and we’d be glad to take the Cybertruck line off your hands.
We’d fund it with a consortium of investors and run it at no cost to Tesla’s floor space, headcount, or focus. All of that goes to Cybercab. Cybercab gets first call on battery cells too. We’ll wait our turn.
Tesla gains incremental profit: a license fee, plus FSD and Robotaxi network revenues on every vehicle built.
We’d build the Cybertruck, a three-row CyberSUV, and an unmanned CyberCargo hauler. More autonomous miles, across every surface of this planet and beyond.
Worth a conversation?
JCHIP retweeted
From Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call (January 28, 2026).
In response to a question about building a more conventional pickup instead of Cybertruck, Lars said:
“Actually, in its segment, Cybertruck continues to be a leader and is selling more than any other electric truck out there, while our competition continues to pull back.
But to the question itself, from a line standpoint, we always designed our lines to be super flexible. We built 3 and Y on the same line. We built S and X on the same line, still showing that we can do that. The Cybertruck line was designed in the same way and is one of our most fully ready for autonomy platforms.”
Elon then added:
“But yeah, we will transition the Cybertruck line to just a fully autonomous line. And there's obviously a market there for cargo delivery, like you say, like localized cargo delivery within a city, within a few hundred miles, something like that. There's a lot of cargo that needs to move locally within a city, and an autonomous Cybertruck could be very useful for that.”
What happened in the 10 months since?
JCHIP retweeted
Tesla has updated estimated delivery times for Cybertruck again.
Before the site gave an estimate of March - June 2027, but now it just says “Fuck You”
JCHIP retweeted
We want to own our cars, electric, affordable , reliable, with self driving, made in America. Is it too much to ask?
No need to force us into rideshare, we will use it but complimentary to our own privately owned cars
JCHIP retweeted
For a lot of young men I know, Cybertruck was the vehicle they were working toward. They weren’t ready to buy, but they could picture owning one someday.
That’s enormously valuable to a brand. It keeps people emotionally invested long before a sale, and I think Elon underestimated that.
The Roadster doesn’t do the same job. It’s cool, but impractical for most people. Cybertruck was one they could justify as their everyday vehicle. The question was when they’d buy it.
JCHIP retweeted
This is an engineers first principles being applied to a societal issue.
The average North American will not give up their personal autonomy for renting a Cybercab.
JCHIP retweeted
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What’s the point of life? Is it to have infinite wealth, abundance, longevity? What’s the point of those things without life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? I think you got this one wrong @elonmusk. I think you should watch this video and see if it doesn’t change your mind. Please and thank you. This is the only time I’ve ever tagged you.
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The Elon backlash is insane. I’ve been a mega hardcore Tesla fan for years. I have never seen this much pushback.
He better do the right thing. Continue making the Cybertruck AND Robotaxi. We don’t want a driverless future but I love the technology for the cases it makes sense for.
You can’t make a square peg fit in a round hole.
JCHIP retweeted
January 2019: Tesla begins construction in Shanghai
December 2019: Tesla opens Shanghai factory
June 2020: Tesla begins construction in Berlin
March 2022: Tesla opens Berlin factory
November 2026: It's too fucking hard to build a factory so Tesla will kill the Cybertruck
JCHIP retweeted
they should just cancel the roadster for these same reasons
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.
JCHIP retweeted
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.
