• fuzzywombat@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Here is a guy explaining the problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WldSl3HGr8

    It appears multiple panels on the truck are just glued on which is crazy. Will Tesla just slather on bunch more glue and call it good? That seems like a bandaid over a pretty major problem. I’ll be sure there is a large distance between my car and one of these shitty trucks on the road in case they decide to shed some large panels.

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        9 months ago

        That is also what this article says.

        Although a single bolt is going to need to be quite strong to hold down a long piece of steel exposed to high speed wind regularly.

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          Let’s hope they won’t cheap out on those bolts. Thankfully cheaping out on everything is not an habit they have, right?

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              The same bolt. Put it in. Run through the QA test (which is just Bobbie trying to rip it off with his bare hands). If Bobbies’ hands bleed before the panel comes off, they mark the test as passed, remove the bolt and move on to the next one.

          • Zron@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            They probably had some office assistant order a pallet of bolts from Home Depot.

            This is the company that glued the accelerator pedal on, you think they know what grade of bolt they need?

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          9 months ago

          One bolt is probably find if the panel isn’t catching wind. But if that thing gets damaged it’s likely to shear off at speed. Stay away from dented cyber trucks!

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      9 months ago

      Small text on the bottom of purchase agreement: ~This vehicle is not meant to be used as transportation in an external environment, any use outside of a garage or small enclosed campus is outside of the scope of this vehicle’s design and should be avoided.~

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      9 months ago

      Staying away from cybertrucks is just good sense anyway. They’re being driven by morons and are NOT safe to be in a collision with. S’why they’re not road legal in the EU - they’re too dangerous to things they collide with.

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Glue is commonly used in vehicle manufacturing to bond panels together. It’s typically stronger than welding, and is often used in the vehicle’s structural pieces as well.

      The problem with the Cyberdumpster is that they used shitty glue.

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    9 months ago

    The difference with the old trim is that the new one will have a better adhesive assembly and “a stud welded to the stainless panel with a nut clamping the steel panel to the vehicle structure.”

    It’s a good thing Elon doesn’t think “exposed screw heads are cool.”. This could have been fixed with a carbide drill bit and some self-tapping screws.

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    So what i gather is there’s probably a readily available solvent to dissolve the glue and make any Swasticar Wankpanzer fall the fuck apart?

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    And nobody who is familiar with how technology companies operate was shocked to hear that the 100k incel camino is literally held together with cheap glue.

  • 74 183.84@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Of course. Yet another Tesla recall. In a few months, we will all be here again

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      This one is different, though. Most of them are just OTA software updates, the physical ones aren’t as common. Although I think there was an issue with how they secured the top of the gas pedals on the Cybertruck earlier.

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        They sprayed lube on the pedal and glue on the cover, the lube caused the glue to fail.

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    That’s because Tesla is a data collection company, not a car manufacturer 😂

  • Liberal_Ghost@lemmy.zip
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    Between this and the door falling off a Boeing airplane, not so sure we should be all hot to make everything in 'merica 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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      Worth noting that both of these companies have essentially blank checks from the government and use it as a funnel for taxpayers to shareholders who then dont pay taxes. It’s a Ponzi scheme that just happens to make airplanes and shit people actually need.

      But are too scared to nationalize.

    • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Boeing (and McDonnell Douglas before them) actually made good planes when engineers ran the show. Then, the finance bros took over.