Comment by schiffern

1 day ago

  >blaming the problem on the wrong type of glue, a new adhesive “not prone to environmental embrittlement.”

That quote was about the new glue, not the old glue?

  >some RWD Cybertruck owners merrily driving along could be disconcertingly overtaken by their own wheels.

If they read their own link, that never happened?

Who's doing the proofreading at Wired now? Is it all just AI?

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schiffern

CharlieDigital 1 day ago

    > If they read their own link, that never happened?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/tesla-recalls-cybertru...

    > The issue stems from the brake rotors, and the report says more severe road conditions "may strain" the stud holes in the wheel rotor, causing cracks to form. If the cracks persist and worsen, it may result in the wheel detaching entirely.

https://autos.yahoo.com/ev-and-future-tech/articles/tesla-cy...

    > In a recent off-road escapade at the King of the Hammers event in Johnson Valley, California, a Tesla Cybertruck experienced a mechanical failure resulting in one of its wheels snapping off. The incident, captured over the weekend, has raised eyebrows about the durability of Tesla's much-touted electric truck.

I can't remember the specific video, but I recall seeing someone breakdown some of the poor materials/engineering choices for "truck" use cases and of the mass of the CT.

Found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_scBKKHi7WQ

schiffern 1 day ago
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- CharlieDigital 1 day ago
  
  Read the recall link:
  > If the cracks persist and worsen, it may result in the wheel detaching entirely. > > ...engineers determined that continued use under strain could eventually lead to separation of the wheel stud from the hub.
  Watch the YT video.
  Telsa made bad engineering choices on this vehicle. There's no point defending it.
  Is it because your world view fractures with a fallible Musk?
  
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gyanchawdhary 1 day ago

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dgacmu 1 day ago

That article seems to be fairly flattering of the technical tricks tesla used to make the demo roadster flip? Your claim about "paying his mortgage ... critiquing everything Elon does" is certainly not backed up by this citation. Dude clearly doesn't like the cybertruck, but to a first approximation, that pretty much describes everyone.
As someone who described himself in an earlier post as a "Big Elon fan boy", perhaps the source of bias here lies in a location other than the author of the WIRED article.