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Tesla Cybertruck Drives Itself into a Pole, Owner Says 'Thank You Tesla'

No investors were harmed when this Cybertruck failed to execute a basic merge and drove onto the sidewalk.

A Tesla Cybertruck owner is praising the automaker for the performance of his electric pickup after its Full Self-Driving system drove it into a utility pole in Reno, Nevada. According to the driver, the Cybertruck ignored the fact that its travel lane was ending and plowed straight into a pedestrian crossing, which was fortunately empty. MrChallinger praised the company for “engineering the best passive safety in the world,” but what is truly impressive here is just how efficiently Tesla has molded its owner base into an unpaid PR firm.

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