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Tesla issues 5th recall for the new Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview camera (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Jagothaciv@kbin.earth 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What’s funny to me is there is nothing new in it. It’s trumped up garbage. It still has a chassis and 4 wheels. Nothing new. It’s stuffed with old tech that doesn’t work. These losers are guinea pigs and probably get scammed annually.

[–] red@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Steer by wire is pretty much the only cool thing. It exists elsewhere sure, but not in vehicles of this size

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It's not even cool, it's scary. What happens when this 7,000 pound brick loses power? There's now a battering ram flying down the road with absolutely no control.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's no failsafe? Jesus.

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Nope, the steering wheel has no mechanical connection to the wheels. There's not even a mechanical emergency brake, that needs to be done electrically too.

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well that's disconcerting.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

*parking brake not emergency brake. Most of these ratchet down and wouldn't be very useful in an emergency since they'd just cause your rear wheels to lock up and lose traction.

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

If your main brakes go out, locking up is going to stop you quicker than coasting. Yes you'll lose traction, and that has its own dangers, but you will come to a stop.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't understand the scenario where it would be flying down the road and not having power.

[–] lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Cars die on the road all the time. Imagine you're on the highway, hit a bump, and knock a connection loose

[–] cr1cket@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Non-flat roads do exist.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

So do brakes.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wow, surprised I haven't seen this being discussed more.