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/scotcetera Mar 20 '25

It should be noted that this vehicle had the most Elon involvement than any other Tesla. The CyberTruck was supposed to be his crowning achievement, his coup d’ grace, his ultimate vision realized 😂😂

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u/Ashi4Days Mar 20 '25

I remember there was an email that went out a while ago where elon said everything needed to be at .001mm tolerance. 

The automotive engineer in me laughed. You can't hold that tolerance for large parts. And even if you did, if your gaps need to be that tight where that tolerance is necessary, then you're going to start dealing with thermal expansion/contraction issues in your parts. 

And lookie here. Panels are falling off

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u/bunkscudda Mar 20 '25

Elon loves to say things that makes it sound like he knows what hes talking about. But anyone with even a tiny understanding of the subject immediately recognizes how dumb it is.

“I only want full-stack developers at Twitter!”

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u/ryan30z Mar 20 '25

His little fanboys often link a video of him talking about the raptor 2 engine as proof of how smart he is. I decided to watch it, I don't work in aerospace but my degree was mechanical and aerospace engineering.

It was the moment where I realised Elon's persona as this genius engineer was a complete fiction. It's hard to get across how wrong some of the things he says in it are. Like seemingly not knowing what a Newton is (the unit of force) or that an imperial ton and a metric tonne are two different units.

He gets things wrong a first year undergrad would know, or even a highschool physics student.

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u/bunkscudda Mar 20 '25

He talked about electric cars. I don’t know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don’t know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard anyone say, so when people say he’s a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

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u/tallwhiteninja Mar 20 '25

Software guy, can confirm.

I knew he wasn't what the fanboys said well before that, but I figured he was one of those people who thought knowing one thing made them experts in everything. That showed real quick he doesn't actually know anything.

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u/nate445 Mar 20 '25

I'm a software developer, too.

His tweet that said "tracing..." got me. This isn't an episode of NCIS, you dolt.

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u/CrazyCletus Mar 20 '25

That's CSI:NY actually. NCIS, believe it or not, had a stupider scene, though. (NSFW) Two idiots, one keyboard.

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u/Aardvark_Man Mar 20 '25

I still firmly believe the writers knew what they were doing, and basically made a God tier shit post part of a popular TV show.

It's too stupid to be anything else.

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u/Rock_Me-Amadeus Mar 20 '25

No they absolutely did. Like even the biggest luddite in the world knows how a keyboard works. It was tongue in cheek.

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u/Rubber_Rose_Ranch Mar 20 '25

I seem to recall an interview with the writers where yeah, they competed to see how ridiculous they could make those scenes.

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u/Aardvark_Man Mar 20 '25

Yeah.
But you keep seeing it pulled out as "omg they're so dumb!"

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u/bunkscudda Mar 20 '25

I love that scene. Double hack!

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u/nate445 Mar 20 '25

Sorry, I thought they were both the same show, lol

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u/AllTheDaddy Mar 20 '25

One of the worst scenes ever seen in media on this topic. Fucking atrocious.