I want to be one of the first Cybertruck owners but I don't want to be ridiculed for asinine problems.
I can hear hundreds of frunks opening right now.
Obviously its not designed to do that, but its a liability thing. I bet they are doing this as a precautionary things. The doors are fairly obvious if they arent closed and latched. The hood probably not so much. could be popped and not latched but still appear closed and if the hood opens at 65 mph on the freeway its likely to do some damage.
Will you be one of the first Cybertruck owners, then? If so, congratulations; and I'm a bit jealous! If not, neither of us should be likely to experience many of those problems.
So why else would they tape the hoods. If you are mass producing a product in the early stages you take extra precautionary measures during shipping. I have personally had a family members hood fly up on the freeway because they were doing major engine work and forgot to latch it properly. Mistakes happen so they are taping the hoods. Its not complicated. For people that don't ever work on cars or haul much stuff it may be hard to comprehend how things could fly open or out of the vehicle.
Well I waited in line for the Model 3. Got it in 2018. I have a day one reservation which the websites that guess your place in line says 104,000. I'm guessing maybe 4000 cancelled so I'm likely under 100k in line for the Dual. Which dual is half of the reservations. Since it seems they might make the dual first I might be <50kth in line.
Very true but others downplaying these as delivery ready makes sense as well, like they are taped because they might not have functioning latches or locks. Since they may be crash tested anyway.
Good for you!
You're right. thats just dumb. At this qty, these are definitely getting released to buyers and meant to hit the streets. I do some metal work so for me one of the biggest questions isnt how the hood pops but how they finished the stainless and how easy it will be to maintain or repair that finish. The fact that exterior is not wrapped during transit gives me some assurance in their confidence in the durability and maintainability of the skin. Only time will tell.
I wonder if Tesla will switch to an all stainless lineup to remove the painting at some point if they find it cost effective. Auto paint is a fairly environmentally dirty process.
Judging just by the website name you can tell this is some clickbait
, someone just trying to monetizing their website
Rather than being an objective observation about the CT, it’s abundantly clear that the author of this article is making many personal attacks on Musk and Tesla in general. After doing that, it brings into question how objective this person is. I personally believe that Tesla will overcome the issues that they’re having, and will make the CT a success.
