jack the nonabrasive

An interesting detail of the story about how marginal the #Tesla #cybertruck quality is at this late stage is that this #AndyPalmer guy likes his engineers to lie to him?

A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws - WIRED https://apple.news/ApFOrwQTvTI-s1EKLvyH_vw

A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws — WIRED

The “alpha” version of the EV company’s first pickup had problems with braking, handling, noise, and leaks, according to an internal presentation.

Jun 11, 2023 at 10:09pmIceCubesApp
Show threadJonathan HendryJun 11, 2023

@karabaic

Or he likes to hear bad news verbally, perhaps while standing at adjacent urinals.

Show threadjack the nonabrasiveJun 11, 2023
@jonhendry with the water running & plausible deniability
Show threadM.rauderJun 12, 2023

@karabaic
At this point I am never buying a Tesla, but it is a credit to their engineering culture that they are clearly calling out the flaws and writing it all down.

That is the only way you make things better.

Show threadjack the nonabrasiveJun 12, 2023
@rauder I agree with that! This is a case of tech culture—transparent retrospectives & postmortems—positively influencing another industry