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Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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Re: Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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I can't help but to feel schadenfreude. It's what you get with what looks like a "meme-first" approach to product design. Also, am I the only one who keeps thinking of the Simpson's Canyonero when reading cybertruck news? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

I think much more of "The Homer", the car that was designed solely to Homer Simpson's specification...

https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer

Re: Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category.

How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation.

You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to come, but Elon had to have his Halo warthog.

Re: Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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post #4

They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category. How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation. You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to…

Why don’t we just wait to see how things play out before making that kind of judgment? Production has barely started to ramp.

Re: Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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post #4

They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category. How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation. You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to…

I'm curious how stainless steel is a nightmare to maintain. My (basic) understanding of the material is it's meant to be very low maintenance.

Re: Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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post #5
post #4

They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category. How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation. You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to…

Why don’t we just wait to see how things play out before making that kind of judgment? Production has barely started to ramp.

Things have been playing out before our eyes for a few years now. I know, because I put down a deposit for a cybertruck on Day 1.

Glad I canceled it several months ago.

Re: Tesla Allegedly Pauses Cybertruck Deliveries

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post #5
post #4

They had a ton of demand for them, but when the reality set in that stainless steel is a nightmare to align (sub 10-micron accuracy!!) and a nightmare to maintain, the car fell into the niche category. How it got this far will be written about for a decade, a great example of not performing real world testing and validation. You know somewhere deep in Tesla product people and engineers we're warning of the issues to…

Why don’t we just wait to see how things play out before making that kind of judgment? Production has barely started to ramp.

We don’t need Elon to discover the properties of stainless steel for us, thanks.
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