Demand for the angular electric pickup has continued to falter in the first quarter, making room for a new king.
The Tesla Cybertruck has lost the top spot on the list of best-selling electric pickup trucks in the United States. After finishing 2024 as a best-seller, Tesla’s only pickup has fallen to second place in the first quarter of this year.
After the first three months, the Cybertruck had amassed 7,126 registrations. The Ford F-150 Lightning overtook it with 7,913 registrations, according to the most recent data from S&P Global Mobility. The Chevrolet Silverado EV finished the first quarter in third place, followed by the GMC Sierra EV, Rivian R1T and GMC Hummer EV.
Didn’t realize the Cybertruck was selling at all. In the last three years since it went on sale, I can count on one hand the amount of Cybertrucks I’ve seen in person.
I live near Sacramento and I see multiple of these shit piles daily. Never fails to make me laugh either. Can’t get over just how fucking dumb they look. The trucks look stupid too.
They were all over Southern California as well last time I was there.
Yeah there’s no lack of idiots with more money than sense here.
Shout out, Elk Grove resident here!
Auburn here but work in sac mostly
They’re riding high off the early adopter sales spike, and now it’s dropping fast.
Come here to Texas. They are fucking everywhere.
Or Arizona
I see them annoyingly frequently in my part of Texas, although I guess my experience is skewed, because I live near their factory in Austin and I also travel for work.
The number of cars they’ve left rotting in the factory’s back yard grows day by day, though. Which warms my heart.
I live in texas. I see nazis driving their scheisswagens every day.
Before I left the US, I was seeing a good 2-3 per day
It was EVER? 🤔
It wasn’t then, sure. But it also isn’t now.
I had a Lightning. Loved the electric part. Hated the software. The Sync 4 system is crap. Constantly locking up or not connecting. The intellisense cruise sucked. It constantly misread signs. Bluecruise worked when it wanted. The instument cluster went blank for a while. These are all known and documented. They sync issue is not isolated to the lightning. My dad’s 2021 f150 has the same system with the same problems. Ford has said “a fix is expected next quarter” for years now. Not that i will ever own a tesla anything.
I have such high hopes for the Slate.
I don’t want any fucking software. At all. I just want a regular-sized electric truck.
Todays regular or 1980’s regular size?
Have you seen pics of it? It looks about the size of an old Toyota pickup.
Chevy Luv sized from the looks of the pictures.
That’s going to be the question: is it regular size or tiny? As a larger guy not interested in a truck, this is a great idea and I was tempted to put down a deposit. However there are vehicles I can’t comfortably use and this could be one of them. Also, I like the customization bits but those didn’t have pricing so could make the vehicle much more expensive
Is the lighting using Android Automotive yet? (not to be confused with Android auto)
I don’t know tbh. A search says they unveiled it for 2024. My lightning was a 2023.
Yeah, I think this vehicle is still Sync 4. Which, as I recall, is BlackBerry’s QNX operating system. (Yeah, I know.)
Ford is following Volvo and some other automakers and is migrating to Android Automotive because their existing OS is dog shit and is updated at a glacial pace.
No, despite Ford’s claims, I don’t expect it to until the next gen F150s across the board make the switch.
Totally agree. That’s how most auto manufacturers roll. OTA updates are for maps and really critical bugs that could get them sued.
If your head unit is constantly crashing while you pick a song, they’ll let that slide.
Sync is awful and definitely not isolated.
I’ve had much better luck with uconnect.
Insane it’s still the 2nd most sold in USA, when the Heil gestures were January 20th.
I bet many Americans don’t even care about it, the failing sales are as much a result of how flawed Tesla cars are, both by design and in manufacturing.Of course we don’t have the stupid Cybertruck in Europe, but here Tesla sales are down 50% compared to last year. While USA only has managed a measly 13%!
Not many in USA are willing to do a lot to protect democracy?! 🙄
77 million people voted for Trump.
I am not at all surprised people are buying cybertruck regardless of what shit Musk does.
First, I would like a Ford F-150 Lightning. I looked at one once but there’s no way I could afford it.
The other think I wanted to say is, GMC Hummer EV…? An EV Hummer? Really? Who is buying these? Someone who feels the need to take up as much space and use as many resources as possible but still wants to hang out with the cool kids who want to save the planet?
The electric Hummer is close to 100k starting price. Only people with fuck you money are going to buy it so it tracks.
Have you sat in a Lightning before? I liked a lot of aspects of it, but after sitting in one, it is HUGE. My guess is that it’s at least as big or bigger than the EV Hummer. I wish they had one that was in similar size to the F150 of the nineties.
No I haven’t, actually. I was stopped by the price-tag before I ever got near one. I didn’t realize they were that big.
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The Slate truck might be something you’re interested in, the reservation price is super low
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I see the Hummer EV once or twice each day I commute. When you spot it, other than it screaming that the owner is a huge douche, it gives you that “jesus, that’s a massive tank filling up that lane” feeling. The F150 does not. It looks like all the other large passenger trucks on the road. So, maybe the Ford is longer or something, but that Hummer is deffo bigger. And obscene. I do not like them.
They’re making the ranger, who knows when that will go electric though. I’ve been really happy with my Rivian, it’s an R1T and I only leased it because buying a Gen1 electric is insane but I think Rivian has what it takes to be a real contender and it is smaller than the lighting
Remember the whole off-grid and prepper movement people love EVs and have a good number of people where the environment is just not a priority.
I imagine people thinking they’re gonna be the king in a mad max apocalypse are buying those
I’m something of a prepper I suppose.
Preppers who buy vehicles specifically for doomsday are buying pre-catalytic converter trucks that guzzle fuel but have a reputation for reliability, ease of maintenance, and resistance to EMP events. There is a level of distrust for newer manufacture vehicles, which is not wholly unwarranted.
There’s some movement towards accepting ebikes and electric dirtbikes, though. You even see those in the Ukraine war.
Plus, it is still a ford. Hard pass.
The kids who want to save the planet are on bikes and trains…and a few Amish horse and buggy types.
Edit: not evs, unless you mean a bus.
cali was suppose to have fast railway, until musks hyperloop scammed permanently shuttled it, or stalled long enough for trumps 1st term to prevent any funding, so it never went into fruition.
Tesla’s always been more hype than actual good products
I thought the cars (or at least the early models) always got good reviews, even if they were on the expensive side. I’ve seen nothing but shit news about the trucks though, even leaving Elon’s nazi shit out of it.
I’ll have to admit, I love my 2022 Tesla Model 3. It’s such a smooth ride and free charging at work.
I just want a small pickup with a 4cyl. Like a Mazda B series or VW Rabbit pickup.
I don’t need to tow trains. I don’t need to haul tonnage. I just want a small truck to do normal truck things that I can actually work on when it breaks.
The $20k compact EV pick up by Slate (new start up) may be of interest https://electrek.co/2025/05/12/slates-20k-electric-pickup-suv-100k-reservations/
It’s no frills, there isn’t even a center console to speak of
It also doesn’t exist yet. I’m very skeptical that it’s going to be actually offered at the $27,500 price point.
Deliveries expected in Q4 2026, which means we’ll probably get a few trucks rolling out in their premium price point in early 2027, and maybe get some of the base models in 2028.
I also don’t see a backup camera screen (might be one in the rear view, but they don’t say) which means it can’t be sold as advertised. They list a whole bunch of customization stuff, which means it’s going to need a lot of modification hard points, how is it going to handle crash tests and rollover tests?
They’re early specs are wildly out of line with current offerings, which means they either need an unprecedented team of engineers, or it’s not going to be even close to how it’s listed when actually sold.
The backup camera screen on the slate is in the digital instrument cluster. It’s just a small display under the speedo, I think.
I am really interested in seeing how Slate does and the cool things people, and possibly Slate itself, come up with to modify it.
If I needed a truck it would top my list of options.
I’m in more or less the same boat, so I’m waiting to see if the Slate truck lives up to the expectations. On paper it seems like a great solution: under 30K, small electric customizable pickup. It remains to be seen if Slate can actually deliver. Hopefully that question is answered before my current vehicle breaks down to the point I can’t fix it anymore.
Plus those were some of the best looking trucks.
Company name and model is truck or Txxx.
I want a Nissan hard body 80s early 90s. Small and useful for what I need. I don’t need to compensate for something else if you know what I mean.
i had a b2300 for like 15 years…that or the tacoma i have now would be what i drive in a zombie apocalypse
Hyundai Santa Cruz.
I saw one a while ago and had to look them up.
Not sure how self repairable they are tho
You’re describing the Ford Maverick
How about a small electric?
We’re at least 2 years out from seeing any on the road, much less generally available.
As much as I like my EV car, I understand why trucks are a much harder sell. It’s really difficult to get an electric truck to do everything a gas truck can do, and the demographic for trucks is very different than cars.
Not sure what it’s going to take to change this trend, maybe they need to stop selling “do everything” trucks and focus on work vans?
Most trucks have zero reason to be as big as they are.
Slate has been getting a shit ton of advertisements for just starting out and they seem suspect. But something that size with a hot swap battery would sell very well.
But Slate also swaps between a small “kei truck”, cargo van, “SUV”, and hatchback.
It’s all modular kits attached to the base truck.
They don’t have hot swap batteries tho.
Slate has been getting a shit ton of advertisements for just starting out and they seem suspect.
Bezos can pay for a lot of publicity.
Are you getting your billionaires confused? That’s easy. They’re all reprehensible in one way or another.
Ah. Thanks!
Most trucks are the size they are because US fuel economy standards scale inversely with the size of the vehicle. It’s hard to make a 45mpg small truck, but large trucks only need to hit 22mpg so poof, all your trucks are now big trucks.
It’s not just that, they literally get bigger every year because it’s a figurative dick measuring contest.
They didn’t just hit that limit and stop, they continue to get larger
Smaller EV pickups would probably work well as the Range used to and the Maverick is currently. Economic haulers of miscellaneous bullshit. All my local NAPAs have phased out Colorados for Mavericks. Many pest control trucks are also Mavericks here now, too. These compact rummage haulers have historically been more of a local vehicle rather than a long distance traveler. I assume the problem is that the monetary cost of EV tech and the space required for batteries is better blended into larger vehicles. F150s were already hovering around 60kUSD average with a range of like 45-110. So, for now, as evidenced by the general lack of even gas compact pickups, ev pickups are large.
As a compromise of cost, limited bullshit hauling needs, and range for a “do it all” commuter, the Maverick hybrid may very well be in my near future. I don’t actually have much range anxiety because I know the most my commuter must do is 45 miles/day, but I’m trying to not rely on my spouse’s car for every potential trip. The Maverick seems like it has just enough utility without penalizing me for it. What I need most at this point is ease of transport of 4ft wide and/or 8ft long wood, which is not really feasible in a typical hatch or suv. Maverick owners boast about that capability, even coming from Rangers and such
Not having really researched the topic, I understand electric vehicles in general have more torque and power than ICE vehicles. Given that the major brands have made EV trucks that have very similar packaging to their ICE counterparts, the only holdback is the range and charging anxiety. For anyone not towing heavy loads long distances, an EV truck should be more than capable as a work truck, and in some ways even more capable (job site power) or preferable (maintenance cost reduction and fleet charging at the office) over their counterparts.
Edit: there is a second holdback of the “my truck absolutely needs to make smog and noise because I’m insecure about myself” crowd.
Can you imagine having your truck sell less units than the ugliest dumpster fire vehicle ever to exist?
The Ford F-150 Lightning overtook it with 7,913 registrations
It is ironic that it is the original American swasti-car who took over this generation’s swasti-car.
So, I get that Henry Ford was an awful raging antisemite, but calling the Ford F-150 a “swasticar” feels incredibly disingenuous.
Henry Ford had obviously descended into antisemitic conspiracy theories before issuing his first publications on the matter, but those publications first started in 1920, a year after handing over the Ford Motor Company to his son. By the time the original F series truck was introduced in 1948, Henry Ford had been dead for a year.
Compare this to Elon Musk actively being involved with the design and production of the Cyber truck and giving a Nazi salute (twice) on stage while actively trying to sell his dream truck.
Trying to call both the F-150 Lightning and the Cybertruck antisemitic feels like the equivalent of calling people protesting the genocide in Gaza antisemitic.
It was never really a pickup.
Vivian and F150 lightning were both on the market before the shit-truck was. In several states, I’ve seen more Rivians than anything and that’s only because the lightning can be hard to spot.
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