I know change is hard but maybe you'll open your mind in the future. I can tell you that less Tesla's have burst into flames than "old" ICE (internal combustion engine) style vehicles.

As for self driving mode, most crashes are the result of driver error.. as is usually the case. for example, the driver is required to stay alert in the driver's seat, with their hands on the wheel.

Placing something heavy in the drivers seat in order to trick the computer while you sleep in the passengers seat is a human error and asking for trouble. The technology is NOT ready to be 100% self driving and Tesla is clear about that.

Keep in mind that the CEO of Telsa is one of the founders and actually cares about the company and making improvements, unlike for example ford or GM. the CEO's at those companies are just collecting a hefty paycheck and don't want to rock the boat imo.

I'll take a steel constructed EV over the plastic shiny 65k trucks out on the market today. Remember Tesla's CEO has actually put astronauts in space. Ford's CEO wouldn't even consider doing that because he knows he can't.

It's not a matter of change being "hard". Change is not always good. The push to electric vehicles makes no sense whatsoever.

A large part of the reason that "less Tesla's (sic) have burst into flames" is that there are so few of them compared to gasoline-powered vehicles, and when a Tesla does catch on fire it is much more severe, much more difficult to put out, and more likely to trap the occupants than a conventional vehicle. And if you believe that most crashes in self-driving mode are due to driver error, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

The CEO of Tesla is a confidence trickster. Tesla makes no money from selling its products, its existence is based on the ability to legally rob other companies via the carbon credit scheme. Without that it would have folded a long time ago.

I will never buy an electric car and will never buy a Tesla product.

Cybertruck will have nearly 75% less parts than a traditional ICE vehicle. This is true for all electric vehicles, the main components: battery, electric motor.

No oil pump, water pump, cat converter, etc etc

I would like to hear why someone doesn't like the cyber truck, like a real reason (Example: the suspension is this or that type and it is a known problem). Instead of "it's a piece of crap and i don't like the look". Is there any fundamental reason?

It is fundamentally a piece of crap on the design, engineering and build quality levels. But what the heck, you've already talked yourself into getting one so go ahead and make the big mistake.. If it has 75% fewer parts than an ICE, why does it cost 75% more?

Well you're right, i've talked myself into it. Hopefully i'm not like one of these people buying a house at whatever price right now without any inspections.

Well the price is higher, but not that much higher. The single motor version will be 39K. The F150 I imagine is near that with the price going up to as high as 85k if you get all the bells and whistles.

Basically the price higher because of the economy of scale meaning that as more of something is produced the individual thing produced costs less. In other words it is cheaper individually to produce 100k cans of soda than to produce 10 cans.

If demand for electric vehicles in general picks up then it will be cheaper to mass-produce more and the price should go down.

Another reason is that it is easier to raise the price of an EV in America because America is only 18% of the world EV market and there is little competition in the EV market for Tesla. In China (44% of the world EV market) there are probably hundreds of different EV manufacturers and models making competition so fierce that raising the price of a Tesla in China would probably cause the Chinese consumers to balk and simply walk across the street to another of the hundreds of competitors.

Does anybody else find it odd that there is more competition, and a better environment for consumers in a communist country than a 'capitalist' country?

In any event if competition picks up and demand picks up in America i'd expect the price to go down. You never know with our monopoly car makers though. They've already driven up the price of a new vehicle as high as they possibly can so maybe they'll keep driving it up.

Fundamental reasons are that it is too expensive (the cheapest ICE vehicle is more practical) and despite having far fewer mechanical parts the electronics are extremely complex and subject to deterioration. Tesla does not share repair information with mechanics so you're stuck with them to do any significant repairs. The expensive batteries will have failed long before a well-designed ICE car, which can run 20 years or more.

From a practical perspective it's a losing proposition pretty much no matter how you look at it. I do sincerely hope it works out for you since you'll be laying out a ton of $$$, but really I think people who buy those things are drinking the kool-aid.

I'll say those reasons are legitimate reasons for someone to be hesitant. I have heard that Tesla will try to force you to do any repairs with their mechanics I don't like this new trend either, it's similar to john deer not providing replacement parts. We will see, the claim I heard is that a cyber truck should run for 1M miles

I love Tesla for what it is, sincerely, and I wish them the best. But the only way a Cybertruck is going a million miles is if Elon blasts one into space like his roadster.

They can "claim" anything they like for something that has no track record. If one of those trucks is driven 20K miles a year it will take 50 years to go 1 million miles. There is no way the batteries, battery cooling system, electronics, etc. are going to last 50 years. The batteries in particular are unlikely to last even 15 or 20 years. (Batteries deteriorate over time as well as charge/discharge cycles.)

A used electric vehicle is going to be a very risky purchase for those of us (such as myself and Scotty) who are cheap and unwilling to buy new cars or trucks.

On the other hand right now one of my vehicles is a 50-year-old gasoline-powered car that has never needed any major repairs.

https://youtu.be/esUb7Zy5Oio

I really don't care how "brilliant" it allegedly is. It's complex, expensive, and unlikely to last as long as well-designed gasoline engine. No sale.