Is Tesla rushing out a half-baked Cybercab just to shave MKBHD’s head?

Elon Musk called YouTuber Marques Brownlee “a chicken” early Saturday, hours after Tesla opened invite-only Cybercab orders at $29,990 and Brownlee argued that his famous head-shaving bet isn’t lost.

Tesla has about seven weeks to get a Cybercab into a customer’s hands for under $30,000 before 2027, but the half-baked version of Cybercab that they opened orders for with delivery in December makes it look like it’s just to win this dumb bet.

Surely Tesla isn’t down enough to deliver a half-baked product just to “prove” a YouTuber wrong? Or is it?

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