In the days leading up the second annual Cybertruck Rodeo, I reached John Cronin, one of the event’s organizers, by phone. Cronin, who lives in Austin, recently drove his Cybertruck from Texas to Plymouth Rock, the historic boulder in Massachusetts that commemorates the landing spot of the Pilgrims in 1620. “From the Mayflower to Musk,” he wrote under a picture of his vehicle on social media, unironically linking the EV to a slightly more seminal event in American history. Unfortunately, Cronin explained, the Cybertruck’s greatness was being stymied by hordes of haters, people who see the vehicle as an extension of Elon Musk and his radical influence on American politics. The Tesla owner has increasingly drawn negative attention as he has embraced right-wing politics and conspiracies.…
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