bullrider_21 : Demand for Cybertruck seems much lower than the sky-high expectations for the vehicle. That ~2 million vehicle pre-order backlog seems to have been depleted around Oct of this year, when Tesla started allowing orders without a reservation. At the time, Tesla had only sold somewhere around 30,000 total Cybertrucks.
Tesla lowered Cybertruck lease pricing – and this happened less than a month since the company started leasing Cybertrucks at all. It's another sign that Tesla isn't seeing quite as much demand as once expected for the vehicle.
When the truck hit the road, things didn't go exactly as planned. The vehicle came out late and over budget, also missing some of the specs that were originally promised. The first available "Foundation Series" models started at USD100k – a far cry from the promised entry-level USD40k. It's now available at a base price of USD79k – but a promised future USD61k base RWD model was recently removed that from Tesla's website.