Tesla recalls all Cybertrucks ever made over trim falling off

This has exposed the sales numbers, and impressively, it's sold even worse than the Fire Phone.
- 46k trucks sold so far. For comparison, rivian sells about that many of their trucks every year.
  
  I still can't believe that 46k people are both that stupid and have 100k to spend.
  
  To be fair, Rivian is selling as many trucks as they can produce. Rivian could sell more vehicles if they had the line capacity.
  Tesla is an older company with more mature manufacturing lines, and they can make more Trucks, but no one wants them.
- I forgot the Fire Phone was a thing.
  
  I will never forget, and I will hold onto my Fire Phones (yes, plural) until the day I die.
- I’m not sure that really says much. I hate swasticars as much as y’all do, but like, $400 phone versus $100K car. Makes sense the fire phone sold better. And I mean, it wasn’t being pushed by a literal Nazi so that helps.
  
  The phone was $650 at launch, carrier-locked to AT&T, and was pushed by Jeff Bezos.

Based Tesla makes a car that vandalizes itself

Could this be the worst designed car ever made? I really wish we could have a Top Gear episode on it.
- James did a test drive and he seemed to kind of like it, it was on drive tribe I think.
  
  I would probably like it too if i didn't have to pay for it and keep it and maintain it. These cars aren't on the streets anymore in 10 years. They will never be street legal in a non shit hole country
  
  Yep. He wasn't really reviewing the nuts and bolts, just the drive experience. I didn't get the impression he got a ton of time with it and only spent an afternoon puttering around. It felt below his standard honestly for thoroughness.
  
  I'm pretty sure it was on his Gin channel
- Whislindiesel made short work of one of these cars, absolutely glorious
  
  The videos if anyone is interested:
  https://youtu.be/PK_EJ3DyiiA
  https://youtu.be/Yn4XzbMf9nY
- I mean, how many times have they recalled these same, like, 5,000 trucks? This is at least the third massive recall.
- Is it worse than the Delorean?

The new models are being fixed by “nut clamping”
- Can I be added to the recall? 🥹
  
  Only if you take me with you!!
- Is this a service rendered to the owners or the vehicles?
- Ow.
- “We are not robbers.”
  “Ok, you can rub them.”
- Thats absolutely meaningless in the face of steel plates adhered to a plastic frame.
  
  This guy clamps

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.
- According to the article I read yesterday they are adding stronger glue and a bolt.
  
  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.
- 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.}
- 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.
- 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.

It’s 18 months old and falling apart, literally.

Every wankpanzer ever? I had to check it wasn't the onion. It's not the onion.

https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
- I'm not saying it wasn't safe, it just wasn't as safe as the other ones lololol thanks for this
  
  How do I know exactly what video that is without a preview and before clicking the link? 😂🤣
- Is this a sketch or a real interview?
  Edit. It's a sketch. I was hoping there was a real politician like that lol
  
  You’re wishing for more idiots in this day and age?

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.

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?
- It’s called cold weather.
  
  So, liberal use of dry ice FTW?
- You can step up the scale of solvent molecular weights until you find one that gives the desired result, but I'm going to conjecture that regular old acetone will probably be quite sufficient.
  
  Neat. On a serious note, i do not personally recommend doing this; that shit flying off on a highway could kill somebody.

I can't help but think "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly" with this news
- "The front fell off."

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.

Of course. Yet another Tesla recall. In a few months, we will all be here again
- 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.
  
  They sprayed lube on the pedal and glue on the cover, the lube caused the glue to fail.
- Keep tuned for the first cyber truck spontaneous combustion and the recall for battery concerns

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

The side is falling off.
- And this time it is indeed typical
  
  This is why we don't make them out of paper, or paper derivatives.

Between this and the door falling off a Boeing airplane, not so sure we should be all hot to make everything in 'merica 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
- 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.
- Boeing (and McDonnell Douglas before them) actually made good planes when engineers ran the show. Then, the finance bros took over.
- Tesla factories are like Amazon warehouses.

It really is a metaphor for the current state of America.

why would the tesla engineers commit terrorism like this

This reminds me of "Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off" skit XD

I wonder if those protesters vandalizing Teslas know this is their big opportunity? Insurance companies insuring auto shops are fewer in number and more selective than those serving the general population. If these trucks were damaged while waiting for repairs, we might witness insurance companies altogether dropping coverage for shops. Without insurance these places will find it difficult to continue existing.
- I have questions about what auto shops you think are doing recalls because it's only Tesla's service centers are going to be legally allowed to perform the recall (that's how it works for every automaker). So it's the same place they're already going to protest (in most cases) and the same insurance. Regardless, the recall isn't an "insurance thing per se" because Tesla the company is the insurance in this case. They will be footing to bill for any and all repairs done under recall. And more than likely the recalled vehicles won't be sitting around the shop or lot waiting for parts because it's up to consumers who will absolutely take their vehicle and leave if parts aren't in stock.
  
  It might be different with Tesla but most dealerships are independent from the company manufacturing the vehicles. Dealerships typically also run the service shop and have to carry their own insurance.

Panels on that shit are glued together, so I guess they got ahold of stronger glue.
- Elmer's glue mixed with Ketamine
- I guess they got ahold of stronger glue.
  Only because they wanted to huff it. The panel thing was just a coincidence.

A little over a year ago, a guy tried to ask me out and I'm the process said a few dumb things in an attempt to impress me. The dumbest of them all was that he was planning to buy a Cybertruck as his next vehicle. By the time he'd said this, I'd already long made up my mind about this guy. Mind, this was the period of time when Elon was just an asshole and hadn't gone full Nazi yet, but even then, this dude's choice of vehicle told me I'd made the right choice.
Theseadays I wonder if that guy ever got his idiot truck, and, whether he did or not, if he's changed his mind about it.

Even the melted ones? 😄

Amazing. :)

Waiting for trump to send off musk to death camp for being a terrorist.
- I think the current power dynamic in the whitehouse may make the opposite more likely.