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Tesla Cybertruck overtakes Ford Edsel as “biggest flop” in U.S. auto history

Rob Beschizza
Jul 29, 2026
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The Salty Cybertruck. Photo: Rob Beschizza (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tesla sells a few hundred Cybertrucks a month to human beings, maybe. It’s the biggest flop in U.S. automotive history, outflopping even the legendary Ford Edsel. Summarizing a paywalled report by Bloomberg News, Yahoo! News reports that the discrepancy between public sales targets and actual sale…

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