https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/11/24/good-break-tesla-picks-up-cybertruck-orders/ > Tesla fans have great patience. > Despite a botched safety demonstration, a faraway and uncertain release date and the electric vehicle maker’s record of financial peril, CEO Elon Musk said Saturday the company took 146,000 pre-orders for its first pickup, the Cybertruck.