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JH Jordi Hays Jordi Hays Co-founder and host of TBPN, a daily technology talk show covering startup news, funding rounds and the businesses behind Silicon Valley.

“It really should never have shipped. The build quality is really bad… It's like very dangerous. I'm constantly kind of on edge when I'm around it, and trying to tell other people around the car, 'hey, that's effectively a knife's edge, keep your fingers away from here.' And again, you can see issues with the car from like 20 feet away.”

TBPN · Startups & Venture · November 2026

“It really should never have shipped. The build quality is really bad… It's like very dangerous. I'm constantly kind of on edge when I'm around it, and trying to tell other people around the car, 'hey, that's effectively a knife's edge, keep your fingers away from here.' And again, you can see issues with the car from like 20 feet away.” — Jordi Hays, TBPN

Context

The hosts were discussing news that Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production. Jordi, who owns one, listed its flaws while saying he still loves it overall.

Transcript

TBPN Around 23:54 into the episode
Jordi Hays

At the end of the day, I love the car overall. Yeah. It is really, like, horrible in so many ways. And should... Like, what I actually love about it is it should never have shipped.

John Coogan

Like Yes.

Jordi Hays

It really should never have shipped. The build quality is is really bad. The... It it... It's like very dangerous. Like, I'm I'm constantly kind of on edge when I'm around it, you know, and like trying to tell other people that might be around the car, like, hey, that's like effectively a knife's edge, like, keep your fingers away from here or there. You can... And again, you can see issues with the car from like 20 feet away.

John Coogan

Mhmm.

Jordi Hays

And that's just like how the car came. So it really never should have shipped, but I'm glad it did because it like looks completely insane.

John Coogan

Yeah.

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