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Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by maxlin »

bamboozled wrote: post #54
maxlin wrote: post #53

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I'd hardly call it "weak" with gigafactories setting new standards in efficiency, and Tesla being the only "recently" founded US carmaker making massive amounts of cars. All while they have more vertical integration than the competition. Cybertrucks are for pioneers. If you want something super reliable, just get a "boring" Model Y. They've improved all parts of the design continuously, the cars are indistinguishable…

Cybertrucks are for pioneers. If you want something super reliable, just get a "boring" Model Y. What? You think people are paying that kind of money to be beta-test a car?

Kind of? That is what how the early adopter "section" of buyers work. It's not a secret that supercars have more arbitrary faults too, and repairs aren't as available as getting your Corolla running again.

CB has a lot of experimental stuff because it's truly one of a kind of a car. Most buyers know this. Comfier and more reliable than a car made purely for showing off of course though, it's a car that truly looks like it comes from the future but that you can still daily drive by design.

Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by masklinn »

maxlin wrote: post #53
chollida1 wrote: post #44

https://electrek.co/2025/11/13/tesla-recalls-over-10000-powe... They've also recalled powerwalks. Tesla is great at being visionary, their Achilles heal has always been their weak manufacturing. Which makes sense, its the really hard part about being in the car or battery business.

I'd hardly call it "weak" with gigafactories setting new standards in efficiency, and Tesla being the only "recently" founded US carmaker making massive amounts of cars. All while they have more vertical integration than the competition. Cybertrucks are for pioneers. If you want something super reliable, just get a "boring" Model Y. They've improved all parts of the design continuously, the cars are indistinguishable…

> Cybertrucks are for pioneers.

Pioneers in what? Old ways to get fleeced? Cars that can’t car?

Look if you wanted a tow truck princess at least an Alfa looks good.

Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by Freedumbs »

jordanb wrote: post #33
brk wrote: post #8

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It's not uncommon, particularly for vehicles with composite body panels. Smaller items like door trim, manufacturer logos, are primarily held on with adhesives. Mid-size accessories like add-on spoilers on trunk lids, or other exterior styling pieces are frequently attached with adhesive. A larger component commonly attached with adhesives are the rear fender flares on dually pickups. Very commonly these are built wi…

Using glue in vehicle assembly is very uncommon. Most plastic body panels are held on with conformal clips. But they couldn't do that with the metal panels of the cyber truck nor did they want visible fasteners so glue is the only option. Glue isn't ideal because the part has to be clamped in place while the glue cures which is slow, and quality control is tough because you're doing a little chemistry experiment on y…

Have you considered welding? "glue is the only option" -- wat?

Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by Mawr »

dzhiurgis wrote: post #230
dymk wrote: post #80

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Trucks in general are awful for pedestrians and other motorists, but the Cybertruck is made specifically of sharp angles that will rip and tear more than a big flat vertical wall running into you.

Buses are terrible too

A bus provides equivalent utility to maybe 20-40 cars and is driven by a professional driver, so I'm not too worried.

Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by npteljes »

fainpul wrote: post #88
gbhdrew wrote: post #68

The least of its problems IMO, when the Cybertruck looks like it was designed to inflict maximum harm to pedestrians in a crash. The fact that such an obviously destructive design is legal on public roads should be setting off alarm bells at the USDOT and NHTSA.

It's not legal in europe.

Maybe not by default, but it can be done:

https://insideevs.com/features/727202/tesla-cybertruck-europ...

Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by fainpul »

npteljes wrote: post #295
fainpul wrote: post #88

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It's not legal in europe.

Maybe not by default, but it can be done: https://insideevs.com/features/727202/tesla-cybertruck-europ...

> “The car has modifications for sharp edges in the form of rubber edge guards that could come into contact with pedestrians at the front and back,” Slovak said.

So, like a bumper car?

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Post by npteljes »

fainpul wrote: post #296
npteljes wrote: post #295

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Maybe not by default, but it can be done: https://insideevs.com/features/727202/tesla-cybertruck-europ...

> “The car has modifications for sharp edges in the form of rubber edge guards that could come into contact with pedestrians at the front and back,” Slovak said. So, like a bumper car?

Not entirely unlike it. It's also like the foam inserts on a product, when you take it out from its cardboard box.

Not shown on every image, but here are some:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GShMjCQXkAAfy40?format=jpg&name=...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSUGKXlXgAASb8o?format=jpg&name=...

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Post by [deleted] »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #289
Freedom2 wrote: post #284

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The problem is that Cybertruck drivers are likely to have a boisterous driving style which may skew the results - what other kind of personality would purchase a vehicle that is less practical than other trucks, less practical than other EVs and, whether we like it or not, carries a signal to other people on the road.

> The problem is that Cybertruck drivers are likely to have a boisterous driving style What leads you to believe that?

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Re: Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again

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Post by Zigurd »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #133
gbhdrew wrote: post #68

The least of its problems IMO, when the Cybertruck looks like it was designed to inflict maximum harm to pedestrians in a crash. The fact that such an obviously destructive design is legal on public roads should be setting off alarm bells at the USDOT and NHTSA.

It looks like it's designed to inflict maximum harm, but it seems that it's actually less likely to kill you than an F-150 or Silverado or Ram. It has a lower hood height which is the aspect that has been hypothesized to be the reason that trucks kill pedestrians at a much greater rate than cars. I'm not trying to condone Cybertruck here. I hope the Cybertruck becomes a rallying cry to mandate pedestrian safety in th…

Two wrongs don't make a right. Stupidly tall grills that look butch, kill people who would've survived the impact but for the vanity of the truck buyer. Now we get the only pickup that is bucking that trend, but it has knife-sharp edges. We live on the stupid timeline.
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