Tesla’s Cybertruck sales dropped significantly in recent quarters, leading to a rapid buildup of unsold inventory. And it looks like the company is resorting to unconventional storage sites for the excess vehicles.
One such location, per Crains Detroit Business, is a Detroit shopping center that is now in violation of city code for storing dozens of Cybertrucks and other unsold Teslas in its parking lot.
No doubt the parking lot looks like a dystopian graveyard with rows upon rows of shiny silver Cybertrucks taking up space where shoppers once came to visit the now-closed Bed, Bath and Beyond and Torrid. The Buffalo Wild Wings in the shopping center, though, is still open.
The lot is near a new Tesla showroom in West Bloomfield, which may account for the overflow. Crain’s reports that the shopping center landlord has been informed of the violation, but enforcement could take some time.
While still outselling other electric trucks, Tesla’s Cybertruck has underperformed CEO Elon Musk’s hopes for its success after eight recalls within a year and the automaker’s brand devaluation due to Musk’s political involvement.