Article: CyberTruck has a HUGE problem, needs a FULL REDESIGN...

[cvalue13]

Yea they could be testing vehicles still. But if so why tape the hoods?

i don't understand the point RE tape?

while it's true they're still testing vehicles, that is not exactly the half of what they're still testing

they're still testing parts - both the ones they make themselves, and the ones that suppliers are providing

they're also still testing production tooling (theirs and others)

and they're also still testing assembly processes

based on the above and getting back to the tape, it becomes pretty reasonable and clear why they might be using the tape: something aint right yet

that something aint right yet is expected and uninteresting if one understands where Tesla is in their current roadmap *towards* production

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[Startreknerd]

Not so long ago, I was a program manager working on engineering development projects. We had to test products during the first production run phase when only a few articles were available for testing and some were obviously flawed in one way or another. For each test, we carefully chose articles that had flaws that couldn't affect the test to be performed on that article.

I suspect the CT's with imperfect panel gaps are being shipped to undergo testing or other efforts that wouldn't be affected by cosmetic flaws.

i don't understand the point RE tape?

while it's true they're still testing vehicles, that is not exactly the half of what they're still testing

they're still testing parts - both the ones they make themselves, and the ones that suppliers are providing

they're also still testing production tooling (theirs and others)

and they're also still testing assembly processes

based on the above and getting back to the tape, it becomes pretty reasonable and clear why they might be using the tape: something aint right yet

that something aint right yet is expected and uninteresting if one understands where Tesla is in their current roadmap *towards* production

If all the above testing cycles still needing completion is true, that seems like they are a year away from production. By all the other indicators, production should start relatively soon. Not in a year. I was hoping these were all early samples, just needed for crash testing.

 

[cvalue13]

If all the above testing cycles still needing completion is true, that seems like they are a year away from production. By all the other indicators, production should start relatively soon. Not in a year. I was hoping these were all early samples, just needed for crash testing.

these are units being built, like, last week

personally, i dont take that to mean they're a year out

i take it to mean they've got several months to do what most might need a year to do

for better and for worse, Tesla just doesnt seem to approach their roadmap the same way as other OEMs (who would take at least a year from now)

 

[Startreknerd]

these are units being built, like, last week

personally, i dont take that to mean they're a year out

i take it to mean they've got several months to do what most might need a year to do

for better and for worse, Tesla just doesnt seem to approach their roadmap the same way as other OEMs (who would take at least a year from now)

I was hoping for production sooner, like now lol

 

[Deleted member 17810]

With hood tape, it could be something as simple as the latches not being ready for shipment.

Can't ship the trucks over fedex overnight, but you can the latches or motor, etc.

 

[CyberGus]

They used duct tape for the early prototypes ?‍

 

[CyberGus]

Recent delivery at Giga Austin! Production is imminent!!!

 

[MEDICALJMP]

Recent delivery at Giga Austin! Production is imminent!!!

Must admit, that made me smile.

 

[AZCYBER]

it's a completely retarded bash article. I read 20 seconds and realized 19 seconds too late it was paid for by legacy auto.

Exactly!

 

[Bluechip506]

Has that email actually been confirmed as real?

 

[anionic1]

Every article these guys write about the CT is complete twisting of words and bashing anything they can about the CT. I bet these authors moms will be taking them to counseling in a CT once they come out.

 

[anionic1]

Yea they could be testing vehicles still. But if so why tape the hoods?

Taping the hoods is precautionary to ensure they don't fly open during transit

 

[CyberGus]

Taping the hoods is precautionary to ensure they don't fly open during transit

If they might fly open in transit, they might fly open while driving!!!

 

[wtibbit]

If all the above testing cycles still needing completion is true, that seems like they are a year away from production. By all the other indicators, production should start relatively soon. Not in a year. I was hoping these were all early samples, just needed for crash testing.

I have a C6 2007 Corvette that I bought new and had delivered to the National Corvette Museum in November 2006. The C6 series was a totally new design, first delivered to customers in the summer of 2004, just over two years earlier. One of those early 2005 Corvettes was bought by my boss and he had a lot of issues with it, both cosmetic and mechanical; that was a pretty common experience for those early C6s. The people at the assembly plant in Bowling Green and at the Corvette engineering center must have worked hard for a couple of years because my 2007 has had zero (!) mechanical or cosmetic faults.

The points are these:

• The first production CTs will be sold to the general public in less than a year
• They won't be perfect.
• Early buyers of totally new vehicle models will find issues with them.
• Early buyers, set your expectations properly and you won't be too disappointed.

I'll probably get my offer to buy a CT in early 2025, so my panel gaps should be pretty good, but I'd be happier to have haphazard-looking one show up a year earlier; I promise I wouldn't complain about it.

 

[Startreknerd]

Taping the hoods is precautionary to ensure they don't fly open during transit

? And yet driving them doesn't have the same risk...

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