Is there a picture of the G Wagon?
I opened that facefuck link in MSN article so that you don’t have to
Both vehicles are uglier than sin.
Despite Tesla’s claim that the Cybertruck is “bulletproof” and made out of an “exoskeleton,” the electric vehicle’s build is actually much closer to a traditional unibody system rather than an “exoskeleton.” Most of the visible body parts, which would be part of the chassis in an exoskeleton build, are actually trims attached to the body.
Furthermore, while Tesla touts its “ultra-hard stainless steel exoskeleton,” it mostly uses stainless steel on external parts, while many parts of the frame are made of aluminum.
So they took one of the 4-door frames, bolted a little tail on it and slapped some refrigerator panels on it. Cool. This is the greatest automotive victory in the history of the world.
And like an old refrigerator, you could get stuck and die if you go inside one.
… many of the body/trim panels… are glued onto the frame.
Not even fasteners of some kind.
Just glue.
Glue which keeps failing so often that basically all cybertrucks have been recalled because … the body / trim panels will fly off on the highway, like an uncovered/unsecured truck load.
Nothing wrong with the -right- adhesive being used. The problem isn’t “glue”, it’s incompetence.
I don’t know enough about specific kinds of epoxy/glues… but has anything actually been reported as to… is it just the wrong kind of glue? applied improperly? combination of both, and/or other errors?
Given that it affects … basically every cybertruck produced, im guessing its not just one guy or one shift that’s incompetent, and more likely a fundamental manufacturing process/materials problem, management or c suite incompetence.
I’d wager a combination of both. Cheaped out on the adhesive and screwed up the application instructions. Probably cheaped out again by cutting the time/temp of the postcure.
WhistlinDiesel on Youtube has a fun video of him destroying a Cybercuck. At one point he’s tearing off the trim by hand and you can see that the glue globs were hand-applied pretty much randomly. He also broke the back of the frame clean off when he attempted to tow an F150 out of the mud. And just for fun: when he slammed the doors the interior part broke off.
It’s just mind-boggling what absolute pieces of shit these things are.
Its been known since before the thing shipped that the wrong glue was used.
There are automotive adhesives, meant for the exact use case the cybertruck needs, that Tesla chose not to use.
Instead, they chose to use a cheaper adhesive that is well documented as not being able to be heat cycled in the way a vehicle gets, and the glue has rapidly degraded as it has been exposed to rapid and constant heating and cooling.
I love how the other photo from the article shows how clean the split is.
This image is a good illustration for future businesses that buy Cybertrucks to advertise on:
Be sure to fit the whole business name to the left side of the break-in-half line.
Is the front supposed to fall off?
