Tesla's Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy

This same article could have been written about the Hummer EV which weighs >9000 lbs, but I would bet it wasnt.

There are lots of reasons to dislike the cybertruck, it's too safe and too cool seems like a bad one.

&gt; A “bulletproof” body has been a key feature since the Cybertruck&#x27;s introduction in 2019; today Musk admitted it was there for no good reason.<p>Maybe he&#x27;s trying to provide vehicles for a &quot;Tesla War.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Toyota_War" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Toyota_War</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;abcnews.go.com&#x2F;International&#x2F;us-officials-isis-toyota-trucks&#x2F;story?id=34266539" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;abcnews.go.com&#x2F;International&#x2F;us-officials-isis-toyot...</a><p>&gt; Maybe the rich survivalists playing out Blade Runner meets Mad Max in their Cybertrucks haven&#x27;t considered that when everything burns down, the power grid will go down too.<p>He also owns SolarCity! That&#x27;s part of his shtick!

Some people just want to see the world burn, I guess. It&#x27;s just new and different, just like so many things we now take for granted. It&#x27;s one thing to be critical when something is a proven failure, but to never give it a chance means there is ulterior motive afoot.