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Cybertruck Off-Road Lights Keep Falling Off… As the Glue Holding Them to the Windshield Fails

Cybertruck Off-Road Lights Keep Falling Off… As the Glue Holding Them to the Windshield Fails - FuelArc News

We’re seeing another sticky situation develop, after Tesla recalled 46,096 Cybertrucks to stop them from falling apart because the stainless steel panels are held on with the wrong glue. This time, it’s the Cybertruck’s off-road light bar that’s flinging itself off at highway speeds. Incredibly, the light bar is also glued in place.

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2mo ago

Cybertruck Off-Road Lights Keep Falling Off… As the Glue Holding Them to the Windshield Fails

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Don't they still teach that mechanical fasteners are almost always better than adhesives in school? Especially if it's an object going at high speeds and over bumps. I'm having a hard time blaming the designers and not Musk suddenly being excited about this great new glue from a presentation.
- engineer: “Here’s the new glue we’re looking at”
  Musk: (puts bag over head and inhales deeply)
  Musk: (inhales again)
  Musk:
  Musk: “It’s great. Disruptive innovation! Delete the mechanical attachments and use it!”
  engineer: “Are you sure? The mechanical tolerances…”
  Musk: “That’s an order.”
  
  "that hits different. " - Elon Musk stumbling out of the Tesla adhesives research lab.
- I'm sure it all comes down to cost. Probably a lot easier to get a robot to place a panel on glue than to manage attaching fasteners all over.
  
  These are very expensive cars made for cheap, I agree.
  
  i heard its 23k materials for 100k+ car.

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