--- title: "Tesla Can’t Find Legal Places to Store All Its Unsold Cybertrucks" description: "Tesla is seriously struggling to find enough room for all of its unsold Cybertrucks. A suburban Detroit parking lot is filling up." date: "2025-05-31" modified: "2025-05-31" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-legal-places-store-unsold-cybertrucks" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "cybertruck" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Tesla Can’t Find Legal Places to Store All Its Unsold Cybertrucks ![Tesla is seriously struggling to find enough room for all of its unsold Cybertrucks. A suburban Detroit parking lot is filling up.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Suburban Wasteland Tesla is seriously struggling to find enough room for all of its unsold Cybertrucks. In a particularly dramatic example, the increasingly unpopular pickups have been piling up in the parking lot of a shuttered Bed Bath & Beyond store in a Detroit suburb shopping center, [*Automotive News* reports](), in a violation of local code. The landlord was notified that the vehicle storage was not "permitted," and local officials have started the "enforcement process," per *Automotive News*. It's yet another sign that Tesla's Cybertruck has been a major flop. Earlier this month, [*Electrek* reported]() that Tesla had amassed over 10,000 units worth a staggering $800 million of unsold Cybertruck inventory. The EV maker has also reportedly [slowed down production]() and moved workers from the line entirely at its manufacturing facility in Texas, indicating massively waning demand and growing anti-Tesla sentiment. ## Paper Weight What to do with all of these unsold Cybertrucks has seemingly become a major issue. A [video]() that went viral on Instagram last week showed rows of the stainless steel-clad vehicles sitting in the otherwise deserted parking lot. "Look at what you're missing," a person in the video joked. "Need a Cybertruck? We got you." Tesla's sales have [fallen off a cliff worldwide](), largely a result of backlash against Musk's embrace of far-right idealism and a surge in cheaper — and often better — alternatives, particularly from China. The Cybertruck has become the poster child of the burgeoning anti-Tesla movement, resulting in frequent [vandalism]() and [outright mockery](). And top top it all off, used Cybertruck prices are [cratering](), making it an extremely costly and unwise investment. **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Watch in Horror as Cybertruck Driver Plays "Grand Theft Auto" While Screaming Down Highway on Self-Driving Mode]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()