A California company is advertising ‘tactical response’ Tesla Cybertruck upgrades for police cruisers, including shotgun racks and sirens.
OK I hate the guy and this “vehicle” too, but this is a weird take.
Like if they bought Fords or Hyundais or whatever II wouldn’t consider it a handout; not getting why this would be?
Because they’re a notoriously bad design that is prone to failing on every front that Tesla claimed they were the ‘cutting edge’ on. They’re just BAD. The only way Tesla is going to sell out of their production line is by forcing someone to buy them, and it looks like it’s the US military.
I wouldn’t think the same thing for Ford F150s, but I DEFINITELY would if suddenly we started hearing about police suddenly buying Fisher Price cars after hearing story after story of how they break down and leave toddlers stranded.
Well, basically all Elon does derives a ton of money from the government…
The cybertruck is objectively bad, I see no reason that car would be selected for police use which makes me think the “invisible” hand of the market (ahem, lobbying, bribing, etc) was involved
I see no reason that car would be selected
Then shouldn’t your objection be with whoever did the selecting?
I’ve seen too many times when the people doing the selecting do a good job just to be overridden by the paid-for bureaucrat
But I’m just spitballing here, I have no evidence other than then strong doubt these cars could perform any regular job (they seem to be a poorly planned novelty item)
