Commentary: Pull the plug on the EV culture war

I saw my first picture of a Tesla Cybertruck at the big wooden table of our family’s northern Minnesota hunting shack. Except for myself, a soft-handed writer with a minivan, this was a gathering of men who drove pickup trucks their whole lives. We passed around someone’s phone displaying the glistening stainless steel prototype while the motorheads among us marveled at the angular truck’s horsepower and torque. Sure, it looked dumb, but we were certain this was just a rendering they hadn’t finished. There’s no way they’d actually make a truck that looked like that. We, and the world, would learn otherwise when Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Cybertruck on Nov. 21, 2019. It would be 2023 before customers began receiving the first models and only last year that I saw one near my rural home. My wife remarked that it looks like a child’s drawing of a truck brought to life at great expense. Last week, Musk announced that Tesla would end production of the Cybertruck in 2027.

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