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Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash (www.theregister.com)

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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Telsa’s designers have weird history with water. I get the sense that they just don’t do a lot of proper testing in wet environments.

For example, it’s not uncommon for a lot of Teslas to actually grow mold in their air filtration system because they don’t properly drain water.

For example: https://youtu.be/vQxP6PaSmLc

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Maybe that happens if you design a car like an iPod with a bunch of engineers living in California and Texas.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

TX and CA do get plenty of rain. In fact, TX gets hit with hurricanes all the time.

It's worse: they are not doing sufficient testing. This is why the larger manufacturers are passing Tesla by - they already have the standards and procedures in place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Not to mention the other companies don't have a volatile man child solely responsible for decision making.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Texas has plenty of rain and car washes. This is just bad overall design.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

True, and GM makes plenty of cars that rust at the drop of a hat. My old truck had its brake lines sandwiched between the bed and the frame, and they weren't non-corrosive, so these things regularly fail if you don't keep them dry.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

California has had it's share of rain too

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

People forget California is pretty big. Northern counties get plenty of rain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

We also get a good bit of rain here in SoCal, hell sometimes the hills melt because of it.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago

"There's no water on Mars so we don't have to worry about it" - Elon, probably

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