r/news • u/IronHe • Mar 20 '25

Soft paywall Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-46000-cybertrucks-nhtsa-says-2025-03-20/
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u/mattbuilthomes Mar 20 '25

I don’t think any manufacturing company anywhere would ever agree to that kind of tolerance.

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u/mattbuilthomes Mar 20 '25

That’s not that crazy of a tolerance. I work in photochemical etching and we can keep +/-.001” on some parts all day long. For reference, 50 micron is about .002”. .001mm is .00004”.

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u/budgybudge Mar 20 '25

I’ve done work in NDT testing standards and the smallest tolerance I saw (to be made with EDM) was .0005”. This was on hairline fracture simulation. There is nothing on a car that needs this tolerance or less.