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In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks

apnews.com In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks

US regulators are recalling nearly all Cybertrucks, the eighth recall of the Tesla vehicles since deliveries to customers began just over a year ago.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs along the left and right side of the windshield can detach while driving, creating a dangerous road hazard for other drivers, increasing the risk of a crash

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How long before this adminstration is visited by DGE?

People stupid enough to buy a cybertruck are a hazard to the general public lol

Knowing Tesla, they'll just screw 2 wood screws into each panel and call it a day.
- The thing that falls off is glued on. The fix is to glue it with a different adhesive.
  
  But why send it back to the factory to do that when wood screws can be done at the dealership?

Is there a way to short-sell everythong that Musk touches?
- At this point FOREX?

crazy how such a highly regarded company known for innovation ~~and quality~~ became such a laughingstock joke to everyone except maga cultists in such a short amount of time
edit: lol guess not
- I thought that Teslas have always had QA problems? It's definitely much, much worse in the last couple of years, the their cars were never highly regarded for being super reliable. Hell, I remember multiple stories of people's Teslas dying because they drove in the rain even ~5 years ago.
- "quality"? Every Tesla I've stepped in felt cheap. The interiors in particular feel like Smart cheap at Mercedes prices. Maybe car quality in the US is that abysmal, but for reasonable standards Tesla's cars were always shoddily built.
  
  Material quality on the inside of a tesla is typical American, it's about on par with low-mid range European cars, but so is a cadillac.
  The material quality isn't much worse than any other American car.
  It's fun to sit in an American made ford, and in a European made one right after, the difference is staggering.
- highly regarded
  Heh
  
  I guess Tesla is also Jewish for scamming customers into paying a lot for cheaply made product, right? Oh right, that's actually offensive.
  Can we just stop comparing burdensome, annoying, useless, unwanted, and unnecessary things to disabled people already?
- and quality
  citation needed
- Maybe the Roadster was decent, but Teslas have been nightmare cars for the past 10 years.

NHTSA director resigning amidst mass layoffs in 5...

What a danger to everyone on the road

This is not Tesla’s first defect or recall. But I’m curious if the current mindset shift and awareness of Musk’s personality might result in it being a larger penalty to their market confidence than before. Other times one might say “Oh, they’re smart people, just hitting a road bump” whereas now they might pull to the feeling the whole company is drowned with misogynistic idiocy.
- Most previous "recalls" were software updates. This is a mechanical connection of a steel strip running along the windshield. It's a sheet of stainless that can become a sail on the highway and rip itself off of the truck. I personally think a 4'x3" panel of 1/8th inch stainless steel flying at my car while I'm driving 65mph to be a pretty big deal.
  So, this is not a speedbump. Furthermore, this highlights all the bullshit cost cutting measures that were placed on the project and most of all shows that Musk actively makes any tech he touches worse.
  Edit: I thought this was a recall for the rear quarter panels that have been separating as well.
  https://www.autospies.com/news/Quality-Job-None-Factory-Fresh-Cybertruck-Delivered-With-Panel-Falling-Off-119716/
  https://www.theautopian.com/why-tesla-cybertrucks-gigacast-design-seems-to-make-bedside-panel-repairs-easy/

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