The apocalyptic-looking and finely angled Cybertruck that once symbolized Tesla's audacious future now sits like an abandoned science fiction prop on showroom floors across America.
Elon Musk's stainless-steel gamble—which promised to revolutionize the pickup market with its dystopian aesthetics and bulletproof claims—has instead become the company's most visible stumble, with production lines slowing to a crawl and workers being reassigned to the safer territory of the Model Y assembly.
