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Good riddance, Cybertruck!
Tesla is discontinuing production of the Cybertruck, a vehicle that was once hailed as the pinnacle of the company's engineering, after selling only 70,000 units, far short of its targeted 250,000 units per year. The decision was announced by Elon Musk via tweet, and is seen as a humiliating end to a vehicle that was meant to represent the future of Tesla's designs. Musk's company, SpaceX, was one of the largest buyers of unsold Cybertruck inventory, with Musk even having to purchase some units himself to make the vehicle look more popular. The decision comes just three days after Musk's own electoral defeat, in which he poured millions of dollars into Republican campaigns, including in his home state of Texas.
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