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Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why
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TLDR Cybertruck is glued together garbage.
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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The accelerator pedal's plastic cover was also glued to the metal arm. It could easily come off and get the pedal wedged in. That dumpster is a bad fucking joke.
Glue is fine, if it's the right kind.
IIRC, the ceramic tiles were glued onto the Space Shuttle, and during re-entry it was exceeding Mach 12.
I've used structural adhesives that were stronger than the metal they held together, during stress tests the metal ripped before the adhesive failed. I believe Lotus was using adhesives on cars in the 80's, maybe 90's, because welding was problematic.
Mind, I'm not defending the monstrosity here, just clearly they chose the wrong adhesive.
But then you are still supposed to be able to remove panels to perform repairs.
Who am I kidding, Teslas are the iPhone of cars. They don't give a crap about repairability.
I don't know a whole lot about it, but doesn't glue tend to degrade over time?
There's probably that bell curve graph with the concave head and the sage monk saying "glue breaks down over time" and the crying tryhard who says "There's basically no such thing as 'glue' because we use all manner of things as adhesives that have almost nothing in common; some do break down with time or heat or vibration or moisture or light or scathing remarks, others have held furniture together for thousands of years."
So Elon decided to use one that breaks down with heat/moisture/vibration in his... Trucks?
Interesting, as they say.
More likely than not they used the one that breaks down when exposed to scathing remarks
Probably used hot glue.
Super super super glue
That glue is crazy.
IIRC, the ceramic tiles were glued onto the Space Shuttle, and during re-entry it was exceeding Mach 12.
On the other hand, they did need to be carefully inspected and some of them replaced after every trip. Some minor bits of trim maybe, but it is not okay to have the quarter panels glued on.
I dislike this vehicle as much as the rest.
But gluing panels one is normal. Windshields have been glued in for forever.
Panels on LRVs and Buses are glued on.
There is nothing wrong with the concept of gluing panels on.
Built like garbage. Looks like garbage. Belongs in the dumpster for which it also bears an uncanny resemblance.
The copium is strong with this one
So are they going to get these trash heaps off the road, or are we going to wait for a death/maiming caused by flying metal debris on the highway?
All of these pickups should be taken off the road. Tesla makes the news, but I'm not sure they are the worst offender in terms of the threat they pose to other motorists and pedestrians.
Small pickups, like the tiny B2300 I have, were regulated out of existence because emissions limits are scaled partly by square-footage. It's easier to meet emissions requirements with a giant truck than a small one so no one makes the small ones.
That makes no sense, but then that's what makes it more believable. Are you referring to US or Canadian regulations?
AFAIK it was US regulations but no manufacture is going to make vehicles for just Canada when the US is 10x the market.
https://newrepublic.com/article/180263/epa-tailpipe-emissions-loophole
long-standing special treatment for big trucks and SUVs, which exempt larger cars from more stringent emissions standards
A small pickup had to meet the same standards as a small car but a large pickup is lumped in with vehicles as large as a towtruck. So despite a small Ranger consuming less than half the fuel of an F-350, it was in a more strict emissions category. Though as per the article the EPA (however long they last) is working on fixing this issue.
Incredible. No one should be allowed to drive one of those things without a CDL or some other special license.
I've been wondering the same thing. Buuut unfortunately their owner is rich and powerful enough that I doubt it'll ever happen, though.
The ~~contents~~ comments on that's site are not kind to Tesla owners.