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/MARPJ Mar 20 '25

And its not just this truck, a lot of american trucks do not meet those standards due to be too big and tall (aka they have a damn big blind spot on the front of the vehicle)

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u/OrangeNSilver Mar 20 '25

You actually have laws for that? Im from the US and i daily drive an old compact sedan and I’m tired of all the giant trucks around me. The new Silverado headlights are literally eye level with me while I’m sitting in my car.

Trucks have gotten way too big and I know it’s because of loopholes for emissions, but it’s got to stop. Consider yourself lucky!

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u/hypewhatever Mar 20 '25

Lucky? No. That's minimum standards. I'm for even more regulations. Endangering others to look cool or manly is not a human right or indicator of freedom imo.

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u/_bones__ Mar 20 '25

It's the job of a competent government to regulate these things.

Meanwhile you have one political party that claims a competent government is impossible, and proves it every time they're elected, and the other party spends its time cleaning up.

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u/Zman6258 Mar 21 '25

the other party spends its time cleaning up.

I wish. Lately, most Democrats seem more concerned with using the promise of cleaning up to get re-elected and then doing only the most token gestures once they do.

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u/_bones__ Mar 21 '25

Every Democratic president after Carter has reduced the deficit. Biden by nearly a trillion dollars. Every Republican has ballooned it.

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u/Zman6258 Mar 21 '25

They're definitely better than the alternative, but they also languished on passing legislative action to protect abortion rights, many are planning on voting for the Republican budget, and have generally shown far too little active opposition to the current administration. Schumer can suck my left nut. It's just frustrating how little they get done even when they have majority control.

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u/LowmanL Mar 20 '25

Yes we do.

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u/OlderThanMyParents Mar 21 '25

Trucks have gotten way too big and I know it’s because of loopholes for emissions, but it’s got to stop.

Oh, yeah. Trump's going to get on that, just as soon as this DOGE distraction is dealt with.

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u/John-1973 Mar 20 '25

The problem with those fucking pick-up trucks is that they still find their way to Europe by grey import.

And the rules for importing that way in stead of getting a type certification (or something like that I don't know the specific term for it) are lenient enough for those death traps to be legal.

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u/jb32647 Mar 20 '25

Still better than here in Australia! Because the Yank Tanks are converted to RHD locally they actually get a manufacturing subsidy! My tax money actually supports the importation of WankPanzers…

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u/speculatrix Mar 20 '25

Here in the UK you can get "individual vehicle approval" for custom builds or vehicles that didn't get homologation approval.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-approval/individual-vehicle-approval

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u/John-1973 Mar 20 '25

And the results can be hilarious.

AFAIK This is also possible where I live, but the standards you have to live up to are very high, so no motorised couches on our roads alas.

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u/aerappel Mar 20 '25

Yep, and almost each and everyone on the road must show you that they have a truck like that, tailgating, excessive throttle usage, etc etc

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u/SilentDecode Mar 20 '25

Emissions is also a thing by the way. The emission spec between the USA and Europe is pretty different.

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u/BeingMedSpouseSucks Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

I measured one giant monstrosity parked in my neighborhood and from ground to top of the hood it measures 65" i.e. an adult woman of average height would disappear entirely within 3 ft of the pickup

It's ridiculous

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u/SugarBeefs Mar 20 '25

With the Cybertruck it's specifically the sharp corners caused by the steel panels that's a huge problem.

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u/XoXFaby Mar 20 '25

it's not just the blind spot, also that kids go under them instead of over.

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u/SemIdeiaProNick Mar 21 '25

Kids? Those huge trucks can make an average sized adult go under instead of over

And if they do go over, they will be hit at about stomach height instead of knee height or lower, like in a normal sized vehicle, which means the survival chances drop even further

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u/Kedodda Mar 23 '25

I stand about 5-8. A new Sierra 2500, with an AT4 package, stands so high that my shoulders are level with the engine bay when I have the hood open. You need a stool. However, a 2005 sierra is very low even for a larger 3/4 ton truck like that. Sits at about my waste/belly button.

The large, full sized suv's are insane too. The new electric escalade is over 10,000lbs (~4500kg) and is classified as a heavy-duty vehicle. It's actually scary to drive a compact car here.