Tesla is facing issues with the bare metal construction of the Cybertruck, which Elon Musk warned was as tricky to do as making Lego bricks

  • @nomecks
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    641 year ago

    If Elon would have looked back, he would have seen that Delorean has already tried bare metal, and it’s nearly impossible to fix. Dent your truck? May as well paint it.

    I mean, Elon obviously doesn’t care about repairability, but the first few fender benders will result in a pile of articles about how unfixable the body panels actually are.

    • Flying Squid
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      411 year ago

      But at least John DeLorean didn’t demand that the parts be accurate to within a few microns. Maybe he was too busy making cocaine deals to do it, but still…

      • @demlet
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        81 year ago

        I just realized how accurate the comparison probably is…

        • @T156
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          1 year ago

          Although Musk is famously on Ketamine instead.