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- FuckMusk@lemmy.ca
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Summary
Tesla is recalling over 46,000 Cybertrucks in the U.S. due to a defect causing exterior trim panels to detach while driving, posing a crash risk.
The recall affects nearly all Cybertrucks produced from November 2023 to February 2024. Tesla will replace the faulty rail panel assembly.
While no injuries have been reported, the company has received 151 warranty claims.
The recall adds to Tesla’s challenges amid falling stock prices and backlash over CEO Elon Musk’s political involvement. Tesla shares fell 1.4% after the news.
Because they’re held together with glue.
Hate, they are held together by hate
Hate also just happens to be the glue that conservatives use to stick together.
Don’t worry, this time they will use super glue instead of elmer’s.
Plenty of vehicles have panels held on by glue. If you use the right glue, and apply it properly, it’s fine.
Tesla presumably cheaped out on the glue itself, and also on the man-hours for the work, and also also on QA/QC
Also the design, it was designed by a child
Vehicles that cost $100k?
Mclarens are glued together in a ton of places and they cost a lot more than $100,000.
It’s referred to as “structural adhesive” and it’s used by everyone from Ferrari to Lockheed-Martin.
Honestly nearly every vehicle on the road and plane in the air uses structural adhesive. The problem here is with Tesla, not the technology.