LMAO, Tesla owners have been saying all week that the reports of Cybertrucks rapidly disassembling themselves on the highway are fake news.
Turns out Cybertrucks are infact falling apart because the GLUE that holds the stainless steel panels in place can't survive winter temps 🫠.
Can't imagine any other car owners defending the car maker for their $100k+ ride falling the fuck apart every winter.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/tesla-recalls-cybertrucks-for-exterior-panels-that-fall-off/
There's been reports for over ten months about the glue quality not being up to the job. While most of the larger panels do have a few weld points the rear quarter panels only have a few small welds with the majority of the panel actually being held in with glue.
It's crazy that Tesla says the panels are structural load bearing elements but once you see all the plastic under there its easier to believe 😅
The panel thats giving the most trouble is a 8ft long piece of trim that runs along the top edge of the vehicle. Its ONLY attached with glue.
Viral videos for the past yr have been coming out with a massive rash of them throughout the winter months.
Multiple reports indicate this has happened to folks during rush hour, launching a heavy metal plate into traffic.
This excellent youtube video by a critical cybertruck owner goes over every major body panel which is glued on.
It's clearly possible to rip off some of these panels by hand.
Kinda surprised they haven't started walking off the trucks given how easy some of them come off.
Most panels appear to be easily pealed off part of the way.
So anyways, looks like Tesla has a Q1 quarterly report due out on April 22nd I suspect this will be the first time key investors really come to terms with Elon Musk's Trump antics.
Major investors are already sounding the alarm. I've been around the startup scene long enough to know the VCs are absolutely looking to can Musk. Musk is not gonna be an easy CEO to fire so they'll wait till the very last minute I bet.
Dan Ives published this review of the Tesla stock below 👇🏿
He's a large shareholder in Tesla and suggests that Musk should focus on being Tesla CEO and stop working as part of DOGE and the Trump administration. He absolutely rebuked the "brand damage" of turning Tesla political and specifically called out Trump's Tesla purchase photo op as a blunder for the company.
I think Ives knows Musk as CEO is a now a deadend but he's a big shareholder and wants you to be his exit liquidity.
I really think VCs like Dan Ives just don't understand #TeslaTakedown isn't just a brand kerfuffle they can PR wonk their way out of.
Nothing short of Musk separating from Tesla will remove the stench of that prick playing a central role in a fascist project to destroy the federal government.
These investors aren't Musk/Trump cultists, they are capitalist. They will eventually kickout Musk to try and save Tesla, so I hope the #teslatakedown keeps up the pressure.
@nullagent If an employee of a company creates a public nuisance of themselves that ends up reflecting poorly on the company, the company has the legitimate moral and legal authority to terminate that employee's relationship with the company.
Musk has always been an asshole, but now he thinks he's the ruler of the world, and no right-minded person wants anything to do with anything he touches.
Tesla's saving grace is, Musk is just the money man, not the inventor.
Yea I guess the question for investors is do they stoke a panic exiting their positions, and self fulfilling Ives' "black swan event" or do they worry about sunk costs and go all in on Musk.
The middle road imo count's on how many sharks Tesla's top engineering teams and business leaders have. Is there a 2nd in command that can keep investors fired up and want the CEO seat or at least Musk gone?
This is the time the internal politics could get spicy at an org like that
@Flisty I am generally against cars, because the word "car" carries connotations of high speed and long distance, luxury and prestige that is exactly what our world doesn't need, but I do recognise the need for motorized transport of some kind, just lower speed, shorter range, smaller size and weight, cheaper, and more recyclable.
The Citroën Ami quadricycle is the kind of car that works for me.
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