Summary
Tesla faces a “brand tornado crisis” as it recalls 46,000 Cybertrucks in the US over a potential exterior panel detachment.
Dan Ives of Wedbush warns that Elon Musk’s involvement with Trump and the controversial DOGE is damaging Tesla’s brand and stock value, down by a third this month.
Vancouver Auto Show dropped Tesla due to safety concerns amid global protests.
Ives urges Musk to balance his Tesla and DOGE roles to restore confidence, as protesters plan 500 demonstrations worldwide on March 29.
The majority of Tesla “recalls” have been OTA updates that happen automatically. They get called a recall due to historic laws.
This is actually a physical recall, considering panelling is falling off. So is a lot more expensive for Tesla. Lol
Obligatory Screw Musk here. The whole reason, everyone was told that Cybertruck had to have flat panels like that, is that they were to be structural. As in, instead of cosmetic body parts bolted to a unibody frame, the body panels themselves would be folded at the seams to provide the structural integrity across the whole skin of the vehicle. While I certainly didn’t like the look of Cybertruck, I did appreciate there was a new function-over-form reason for the “low poly” look as a method of innovative manufacturing.
Finding out that these panels are literally just stuck on with adhesive is even worse than the original problem they said they were solving with the flat panels. Its “duct tape and bailing wire” masquerading as innovation. Once again, shame on Tesla, shame on Musk.
Yeah, the idea for monocoque car body/frame was really interesting but this is just fucking silly
Ah-ha-ha. That’s even sweeter schadenfreude