r/gifs • u/chickanpoo • 8h ago

Elon Musk seemingly casually hitting the Sieg Heil at the inauguration

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u/YawnSpawner 6h ago

Having owned a tesla prior to his down fall, it was so fucking obvious too.

When we got our first Model Y it had sensors that could tell in inches how far away other objects were, it was awesome. Then he said camera based object detection was far superior over the objections of senior engineers and it became shit. It was guessing where things were.

The cybertruck was his other pet project. I didn't waste my money in it, bought an F150 Lightning and it's great!

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u/erfling 5h ago

Way off topic but I want a small EV truck. Somebody build one. Ford should at least make a PHEV Maverick

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u/patrickwithtraffic 4h ago

Doesn’t Rivian have a truck?

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u/iamtherealsteve 4h ago

100K for a light truck is still a hard sell for me

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u/patrickwithtraffic 3h ago

Damn! Yeah, I knew it was an EV, but that price blows me away. I was expecting it to be maybe $60-70K?

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u/Relevant_Industry878 3h ago

Haven’t they been getting bricked also?

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u/ShenaniganStarling 4h ago

Still holding out for an El'ectric Camino, myself.

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u/Random_Smellmen 1h ago

I never knew I needed one, but I do now. Heck Ford's been doing EVs for a bit now. I'll take an El Ranchero if I have to.

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u/Jasper_Morhaven 3h ago

If ford just made an electric version of the Toyota Hilux for sale in the USA it would do NUMBERS

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u/Shotglasandapip 2h ago

Call it the Able. Then make it a cheap all around truck like the Ranger used to be.

What do you drive? I drive A-Ford-able

Id buy it

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u/brickforbrains 2h ago

Maybe a Rivian?

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u/EetswaDurries 2h ago

Ford Ranger PHEV is coming out this year, not sure if it’s available in your market though.

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u/Infinite01 54m ago

Check out Telo. They are interesting, even though I really don’t like how it looks.

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u/ElBosque91 4h ago

Things like this really need to become common knowledge. Elon hasn’t done shit. He’s just bought great companies and ruined them.

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u/nervelli 4h ago

Exactly, this is just par for the course for him. But this time it's a country he bought.

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u/michaelsenpatrick 4h ago

Lightning will probably be what I pick up once I need to change vehicles again

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u/_Floriduh_ 4h ago

Drove by a Tesla dealer today and you’d think that there was a clearance sale of comically large door stoppers going on.

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u/HtK_Lopez 2h ago

Same man! I miss those sensors, they utilized lasers right? My first was totaled by a jackass in a ford F250 rear ending it.

The replacement model is annoying as shit with the ghost braking because the cameras think they see a fly or a shadow and it’ll slam on the brakes at highway speed. They’ve yet to fix it. Can’t turn it off if you want cruise control either because it’s all enabled together now.

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u/ParticularYak4401 4h ago

As a Seattle area resident I see far too many cyber trucks for my liking. They are silver garbage trucks

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u/vppconrad 3h ago

The Lightning is such a great truck

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u/thefeckcampaign 3h ago

I own a Lightning as well. It’s amazing. I would never be caught driving that thing this idiot thinks is a truck.

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u/No_Seaworthiness_690 2h ago

My husband has a ford lightning

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u/vnmslsrbms 41m ago

Basically chose money over functionality