Tyler A. P. Moody

With the @cybertruck production wind-down (Giga Texas line shut mid-2027 to prioritize Cybercab; many deposits to be refunded as order rate exceeds remaining capacity), plus what I saw at @NASA MAX POWER event at KSC … companies demonstrating real civilian + military/dual-use capabilities … I keep coming back to a bigger, under-told story … the impacts of this decision may be far more wide ranging than @Tesla may be considering. Also, while I was at the Max Power event, I noticed many of the venues out at the Shuttle Landing Facility for the airshow were being powered by @cybertruck … no big and noisy generators, no power interruptions … I couldn’t help but thinking how valuable this was to events like this everywhere & what great marketing for @Tesla to show off it’s technology. This could also be a big help for areas immediately recovering from disasters with no power … but if the cancellation decision remains, this growing capability, along with the growing realization of how useful this can be, will be lost. This got me to thinking that there is a much, much larger and developing picture not being addressed that needs to be considered by @Tesla… there are a number of companies, both in public & behind the scenes working on solutions that will be seriously affected by this decision & the end result may have unintended consequences for @Tesla that should be reconsidered. @wmorrill3 @Skypadusa A thread: 1/ This isn’t just about consumer sales numbers. An emerging ecosystem of companies and agencies built business cases on the Cybertruck platform. Ending it cuts off that avenue and limits Tesla’s ability to put its tech in front of government users.