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Some Cybertruck Owners Say Their Trucks Are Shedding Body Panels; One Thinks He Knows Why (www.roadandtrack.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/electriccars@lemmy.ca
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"It does suck, because everybody kind of makes fun of the Cybertruck. To the outside person, it's kind of weird, it's ugly, whatever. Once you actually get in it, drive it, you realize it's pretty frickin' cool," he says. "It's kind of been sad, because I've been trying to prove to people that it's a really awesome truck that's not falling apart, and then mine starts to fall apart, so it's just... Yeah, it's kind of unfortunate and sad."

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[–] 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)

TLDR Cybertruck is glued together garbage.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Glue is fine, if it's the right kind.

    IIRC, the ceramic tiles were glued onto the Space Shuttle, and during re-entry it was exceeding Mach 12.

    I've used structural adhesives that were stronger than the metal they held together, during stress tests the metal ripped before the adhesive failed. I believe Lotus was using adhesives on cars in the 80's, maybe 90's, because welding was problematic.

    Mind, I'm not defending the monstrosity here, just clearly they chose the wrong adhesive.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't know a whole lot about it, but doesn't glue tend to degrade over time?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's probably that bell curve graph with the concave head and the sage monk saying "glue breaks down over time" and the crying tryhard who says "There's basically no such thing as 'glue' because we use all manner of things as adhesives that have almost nothing in common; some do break down with time or heat or vibration or moisture or light or scathing remarks, others have held furniture together for thousands of years."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    IIRC, the ceramic tiles were glued onto the Space Shuttle, and during re-entry it was exceeding Mach 12.

    On the other hand, they did need to be carefully inspected and some of them replaced after every trip. Some minor bits of trim maybe, but it is not okay to have the quarter panels glued on.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I dislike this vehicle as much as the rest.

    But gluing panels one is normal. Windshields have been glued in for forever.

    Panels on LRVs and Buses are glued on.

    There is nothing wrong with the concept of gluing panels on.

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    • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The copium is strong with this one

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    So are they going to get these trash heaps off the road, or are we going to wait for a death/maiming caused by flying metal debris on the highway?

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    All of these pickups should be taken off the road. Tesla makes the news, but I'm not sure they are the worst offender in terms of the threat they pose to other motorists and pedestrians.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Small pickups, like the tiny B2300 I have, were regulated out of existence because emissions limits are scaled partly by square-footage. It's easier to meet emissions requirements with a giant truck than a small one so no one makes the small ones.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    That makes no sense, but then that's what makes it more believable. Are you referring to US or Canadian regulations?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    https://newrepublic.com/article/180263/epa-tailpipe-emissions-loophole

    long-standing special treatment for big trucks and SUVs, which exempt larger cars from more stringent emissions standards

    A small pickup had to meet the same standards as a small car but a large pickup is lumped in with vehicles as large as a towtruck. So despite a small Ranger consuming less than half the fuel of an F-350, it was in a more strict emissions category. Though as per the article the EPA (however long they last) is working on fixing this issue.

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    • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    The contents comments on that's site are not kind to Tesla owners.

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  • [+] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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