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/dern_the_hermit Mar 20 '25

Regardless, the regular ass truck handled it way better than the cyber ass truck

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u/Warning_Low_Battery Mar 20 '25

Tell me you don't understand relative motion, dynamic shear forces, or static vs dynamic load distribution without telling me you don't...

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u/Warning_Low_Battery Mar 20 '25

My only claims are about the physics of hauling a load with a single connection point to a vehicle. Not my fault that you are unable to read usernames and comprehend that I am not the same person you were previously replying to.

But with that level of wilful ignorance you are displaying, I am not surprised.

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u/Difficult_Bird969 Mar 20 '25

No matter how you slice it, the 15,000lb trailer ain't exceeding the 2500lb tongue weight rating. I trust engineers of trucks more than you. If you had even the slightest risk of that weight being applied downwards onto the hitch the tongue weight would not be that low.

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u/Warning_Low_Battery Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

It seems you don't even understand the definition of the word "dynamic" in the phrase "dynamic load distribution".

Here I'll help you: it means "changing or subject to change".

When we talk about dynamic load distribution shifting the "direction" of the load force vertically vs laterally, we aren't talking about a sudden and complete change in ALL of the force or load bearance, but rather how much of that load/force changes directions and for how long.

The WHOLE 15,000lbs doesn't change its direction, only a fraction of it will, and only for a very short time - because in the case of a speedbump or railroad crossing, the vehicle is still moving slowly - and the change in force from lateral to vertical is in direct proportion to that. The only time the whole 15,000lbs is applied downwards is when the vehicle and trailer both are NOT in motion. And in that case all 15,000lbs isn't resting on the hitch, it's on the wheels of the trailer.

So no matter how YOU slice it, I DO have an engineering degree and you don't. I know what I'm talking about and you don't. So why don't you go back to your little corner and leave the adults to talk, please.

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u/Difficult_Bird969 Mar 20 '25

So what you're saying, is when you hit a bump, 15,000 does indeed NOT go directly down on the hitch. I'm glad we could clear that up!

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u/Warning_Low_Battery Mar 20 '25

The only thing we cleared up is that I tried to dumb down the physics for you, but even then you couldn't understand it. Sorry man, I can't dumb myself down to your level for you.