Tesla, a future case study for securities law classes across America, had to stop delivering Cybertrucks this past weekend. No, not because the hundred-thousand–dollar medium-duty pickup, which is only any of those things in the loosest interpretive sense, tends to brick when it gets rained on; nor because its stainless steel panels get all rusty and nasty-looking after weeks exposed to the rare, harsh condition of "being outside." Perhaps you think it has something to do with the shorter-than-advertised driving range and longer-than-advertised charging time, but no: Rather, the cause of this snag is that the trucks struggle with the basics of stopping and going, by which I mean that the accelerator pedal cover slides off and gets stuck under a panel and locks the accelerator pressed down and keeps the Cybertruck stuck at maximum velocity.
Other Tesla models have had issues with speeding up and slowing down at the wrong times. The company was sued in 2017 by drivers whose cars drove themselves unexpectedly through garages and into walls; a German paper reported last year on over 2,400 complaints about sudden braking problems; and a safety researcher published a white paper showing how voltage spikes could lead Teslas to speed up without warning. You are supposed to like this because it means you are on the cutting edge, helping Elon Musk in his quest to save humanity.
Suckers who ordered Cybertrucks a few months or years ago and expected deliveries this weekend did not get their cars, nor a precise explanation for why they did not get their cars, but instead were simply told, "Hi, we have just been informed of an unexpected delay regarding the preparation of your vehicle. We need to cancel your delivery appointment for tomorrow and we will reach out again when we’re able to get you back on the schedule." Maybe someone with a hot glue gun will get on this one.
I saw one in the wild the first time a couple weeks ago on an interstate. It looks so fucking dumb in person. The pictures don't do it justice of how insanely stupid looking it is.
Yeah there is one guy in town that I have seen a few times. I'm amazed every time I see it on the road because they seem to have a ridiculous failure rate.
Rather, the cause of this snag is that the trucks struggle with the basics of stopping and going, by which I mean that the accelerator pedal cover slides off and gets stuck under a panel and locks the accelerator pressed down and keeps the Cybertruck stuck at maximum velocity.
Critical support to Elon Musk trying to kill as many libertarian techbros as possible.
The company was sued in 2017 by drivers whose cars drove themselves unexpectedly through garages and into walls; a German paper reported last year on over 2,400 complaints about sudden braking problems; and a safety researcher published a white paper showing how voltage spikes could lead Teslas to speed up without warning.
Remember the relative of some US senator who drove herself into a pond and drowned? Was she driving a Tesla?
whose idea was it to make the brakes not connected to the actual brakes anyway
im not a car engineer and just the tought of it feels unsafe as fuck
there was a case in i think japan where the car simply accelerated like a rocket out of nowhere and the brakes simply refused to work
Especially hilarious because it was the relative of former Transportation Secretary.
I know that's not really her job but it sure as fuck sounds funny.
How does one get this far in the manufacturing process without realising they've...
Like, I know the answer. I just hate it
“but the company, which is a stock racket that happens to sell cars, has operated at a level beyond rational analysis for years.” Actual laugh out loud at this statement!!
