What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Tesla's Cybertruck Problem
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🗓️ 7 January 2024
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Summary
What the Cybertruck says about safety, regulation, and the degree to which Tesla is beholden to the whims of Elon Musk.
Guest: Edward Niedermeyer, author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors
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| 0:52.8 | Back in November, Elon Musk gathered in front of a crowd in Austin, Texas |
| 0:56.6 | to unveil Tesla's latest vehicle, the cyber truck. |
| 0:59.6 | It's a new electric pickup that looks like no other truck on the road today. |
| 1:04.3 | At the event, the first models were delivered to a handful of overjoyed customers. |
| 1:09.0 | I think it's our best product. |
| 1:10.6 | I think it's the most unique thing on the road and finally the future will look like the future |
| 1:19.8 | Well I've watched a lot of these kinds of events over the years following Tesla. |
| 1:23.6 | You know, events like this have become really an important part of who Tesla is as a company, |
| 1:28.4 | right? Bringing the faithful together and having Elon get up on stage and kind of hold a revival of some kind. |
| 1:34.3 | It's a really important part of how this company operates. |
| 1:37.0 | Edward Niedermeyer is the author of Ludacris, the unvarnished story of Tesla Motors. |
| 1:44.8 | He's been following Tesla for years, and he's gotten used to events like this. |
| 1:49.6 | But the cyber truck in particular was highly anticipated. The truck was first |
| 1:54.4 | announced four years ago and people have been mocking it ever since. We have some |
| 1:58.8 | footage of the pavement princess of the future. It turns out that Tesla Cyber Truck looks just as bad in |
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