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The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels::The Cybertruck's steel is made in "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper," WSJ reported.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wonder how much better Tesla quality would be if they dumped Elon. Is it a systemic problem, or just poor leadership?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm hoping shareholders do push him out. They're still in a great position to compete if they focus on the right things (build quality, designing cars people actually want, etc). The charging network is still the best around and they're still ahead in battery tech, but they need to stop chasing FSD and give up on this cybertruck thing.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Charging network doesn’t matter anymore for them since basically every manufacturer (save for VW as of this writing) has signed on for the NACS. You should be seeing fords charging at Tesla chargers by either late December or early January.

Battery tech they’re mid on. They haven’t seemed to improve the pack much compared to rivals. Some Chinese manufacturers are even producing better packs.

FSD is something they should continue to pursue, but Elon needs to pull his head out of his ass and accept that things like LiDar and Radar are important additions to the car so that it can continue to “see” even when the cameras aren’t seeing perfectly or at all.

Build quality is their biggest uphill. It could be systemic, but I also suspect there is a bit of “move it along” coming from upper management and Elon. So that’ll never get fixed.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Shouts out to NIO. My stock could use it.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 13 points 1 year ago

They said they're a tech company and the car is tech on wheel, so i guess it's just competency and inexperience issue.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

dumped Elon. Is it a systemic problem

Don't you know that the revolution eats its children? The electric cars revolution is over. Tesla was part of the revolution. Now Tesla is obsolete and the others are going to take over.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

I doubt anything but a man child would have gone with stainless steel.

But the normal Tesla build quality and gaps would still be there. Because that would involve major overhauls and retraining and is never going to happen while the company is successful... And won't happen if the board is looking to sell