Over 2 million goddamn people?! i know they're "only" about 60-100k, but holy shit. Also 5 year wait, seems more like 10 years would be realistic for most people
I donât know why youâre being downvoted. They have a large waitlist and are early in iteration on this product.
Iâd bet they have hardware recalls for the next 18 months that taper off as they ramp up. The amount of new engineering that went in the cybertruck is insane compared to any other vehicle in their lineup.
This is why you see all of the legacy automakers having problems making EVs, having tons of recalls, and pulling back. New technology is hard to mass produce until you work out all the kinks in the design and workflow.
I wouldnât by a CT because I donât like the aesthetics; but, if I did, I wouldnât buy one for at least 3 years from now. Same reason I wonât buy a Rivian R1S. They arenât at the point the recalls are down to manageable. Rivian may be good in another year or 2. The ford EV line⌠seems like them pulling back means they wonât have a decent EV track record for at least a decade, if theyâre still around then.
No, but we have a surprising amount of people who don't see too much of an issue with taking out a 72-84 month loan on an 80k truck. (that probably is over 100k with interest and fees)
When I worked at Boeing, we used dawn dish soap to seat door gaskets. Tesla is just adopting aerospace technologies for its fancy cars, what's the problem?
On Monday, we learned that Tesla had suspended customer deliveries of its stainless steel-clad electric pickup truck.
Now, the automaker has issued a recall for all the Cybertrucks in customer handsânearly 4,000 of themâin order to fix a problem with the accelerator pedal.
It has come at an inconvenient time for Tesla, which is laying off more than 10 percent of its workforce due to shrinking sales even as CEO Elon Musk asks for an extra $55.8 billion in compensation.
Fortunately, applying the brake overrides the accelerator and cuts torque immediately, but that still didn't prevent one owner from allegedly crashing into a light pole before he was able to bring his Cybertruck to a stop.
Tesla is no stranger to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's official recall process, but this time there is no software fix or over-the-air patch.
The company says that it will notify its stores and service centers about the recall "on or around" today, and that owners will be contacted in due course.
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Maybe these summarizations have always been bad, but every time I read one (which has only been in the past couple of monthsâŚmaybe Iâm just getting lazy) theyâre terrible. Borderline nonsensical.
Hmm. It's not totally clear to me from the description what's breaking, but based on what's there, I feel like this maybe isn't the best fix. Like, okay, fine, maybe the lube problem is the proximate cause.
But bigger question: should automobile pedals mechanically be able to be wedged down by the pedal in the first place? Like, can I shove the pedal down with one foot and then pull this pedal cover up with another in such a way that it gets held in the down position?