Gresh Laing’s 2024 Tesla Cybertruck gets plenty of attention on Rhode Island’s roads. Most of it isn’t friendly.
“I get more middle fingers and thumbs-downs and just looks of disdain and hate, having this vehicle drive me around Rhode Island, than I have ever experienced in my entire life,” he said in an interview.
The West Virginia native who served 23 years in the Navy admits he wasn’t in a rush to buy a Cybertruck when it first hit the market in 2023, saying it looks like “a 6‑year‑old’s drawing of the future.” He wound up buying a pre‑owned one in May after researching EV trucks on the market and quickly came to love the way the Cybertruck drives…