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[-] fuzzywombat@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] cley_faye@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Let's hope they won't cheap out on those bolts. Thankfully cheaping out on everything is not an habit they have, right?

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The same bolt. Put it in. Run through the QA test (which is just Bobbie trying to rip it off with his bare hands). If Bobbies’ hands bleed before the panel comes off, they mark the test as passed, remove the bolt and move on to the next one.

[-] Zron@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

They probably had some office assistant order a pallet of bolts from Home Depot.

This is the company that glued the accelerator pedal on, you think they know what grade of bolt they need?

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

High speed wind hitting a car? A chance in a million!

[-] sporkler@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

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.~

[-] Zacpod@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

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.

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