AI6YR BenMar 12, 2025

Oooh, another up close look at the CyberSub.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-11/cybertruck-takes-a-dip-in-ventura-harbor-spurring-multi-agency-rescue-mission

#tesla #submarine #automobile #uboat #nazisubmarine

A Tesla Cybertruck sinks in a Southern California harbor

Elon Musk tweeted in 2022 that the Cybertruck "will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat." But a Cybertruck did not float in Ventura Harbor.

Los Angeles Times
Show threadAI6YR BenMar 12, 2025

How exactly do you "accidentally" go into reverse?

"The driver told Shevitz that he meant to put the vehicle in drive after launching a Jet Ski but accidentally threw it in reverse, causing it to slide down the ramp and into the water. " #cybertruck #tesla #accident

Show threadDMar 12, 2025
@ai6yr He's a Cybertruck owner. How smart do you think he is?
Show threadMichael Kohne
@driusan @ai6yr I'm pretty sure shifting is a touch screen thing on the CT, so he fat fingered the shift operation, and didn't check himself, and that was when he found out...
Mar 12, 2025 at 8:32pmWeb
Show threadBrian CampbellMar 12, 2025

@mhkohne @driusan @ai6yr Remember, Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law drowned after accidentally shifting her car into reverse and driving into a pond: https://www.businessinsider.com/angela-chao-death-tesla-accident-reverse-gearshift-issues-2024-3

Touchscreens are not a safe interface for things like shifting between drive and reverse.

Angela Chao's death reveals Tesla's long-standing reverse gear issues

Before Angela Chao's fatal Tesla accident, feds had years of complaints about gearshifting, which some said led to confusion and unintended reversing.

Business Insider
Show threadAI6YR BenMar 12, 2025

@unlambda @mhkohne @driusan 😬

Also, if that happens and the doors short out and you are stuck inside, you are SO IN TROUBLE. There's no way you are going to find the manual in the dark, find a flashlight, read the instructions to find the emergency egress/door handle 😬

Show threadMichael KohneMar 12, 2025
@ai6yr @unlambda @driusan Between that and the touch-screen only, I vowed never to even ride in a Tesla long ago. If something goes wrong, those things are death traps.
Show threadDMar 12, 2025
@mhkohne @ai6yr @unlambda I don't understand how the UK is the only place that's banned them for being unsafe
Show threadKristoffer LawsonMar 14, 2025
@driusan @ai6yr @unlambda @mhkohne but the UK hasn’t banned Teslas?
Show threadDMar 14, 2025
@Setok @ai6yr @unlambda @mhkohne not Teslas but more specifically Cybertrucks aren't legal in the UK for being unsafe.
Show threadKristoffer LawsonMar 14, 2025
@driusan @ai6yr @unlambda @mhkohne they aren’t legal in the EU either really, so I’m not sure there’s much of a difference. Individual registration and registry as a light truck perhaps, but those are kind of exceptions everywhere. EU homologation at least doesn’t appear to be possible with the current design, though it’s a bit unclear what the definitive issues are.