The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels

You mean the thing everyone said was going to happen actually happened. Lmao

The Cybertruck's steel is made in "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper,"

All steel is shipped from the steel mill in coils just like that.

Other manufacturers of all manner of stainless products seem to have figured out a solution to the problem.

I saw one of the “RC” release candidates in the wild in San Francisco two weeks ago. It looked like shit in person. Marker lights weren’t aligned, the stainless already had fucked up scuffs and discoloration, etc. Water spots showed up just like my stainless kitchen sink.

You can see the stainless smudges and water spots here. I wish I got the tail lights when the brakes were off.

Also, the brakes flashed at you. Super annoying.

Well, Duh. Everything is over promise, delay, underdeliver. All Teslas have crappy panel gaps. Why would anyone expect anything better?

Not a Tesla fan but this article is garbage. Basically all sheet metal comes on coils "that resemble toilet paper" including the metal that other manufacturers use.

Flat panels suck for resistance to bending, the compound curves and folds pressed into most car panels give them more rigidity

Well at least Elon can pretend that all the panels were within 10 microns of gap when they left the factory, and it totally warped 2 cm (20000 microns) on the way to the customers.

What a surprise! The other well known stainless steel car, the Delorean DMC-12, is FAMOUS for being a huge pain in the ass to work on. Dents and dings are tremendous problems, and stainless steel is super heavy.

Well, it wouldn't be a Tesla if it didn't.

Panel gaps are just a ubiquitous feature of a Tesla. This isn't a surprise, and the apologists will say it's no big deal.

Tesla's quality control just reflects Elons concern for all his biological children.

This isn't even the first time this has happened to a Tesla, at this point this particular problem is just expected.

Much like the wealthy expert who built his own sub, there is a need to listen to other experts. Your employees that aren't fired will be the "yes" people

This is a problem with all of their vehicles lol

Every single thing you've ever had that had sheet metal in it came from "coils that resemble giant rolls of toilet paper". But it's the WSJ, I just assume the writer has never met anyone who works for a living.

Watch what happens when people eventually discover what completely flat panels of sheet metal do in heavy wind.

There is literally a reason why no other auto manufacturer uses flat body panels on cars.

Cybertruck would be the time machine in a Back to the Future shitty remake if they would make one.

I love how this is a joke that just went too far. Elon presented a stupid design, just for attention, as with everything he does. And now they are seriously taking about releasing the ugliest car since the Fiat Multipla.

Oh no! You have to respect the “Spaltmaß”! * cries in German *

If they were smart, they would pursue nitinol body panels or a similar memory metal. Get a ding in a panel? Take a heat gun to it or leave it out in the sun and the dent is gone. Another benefit would be a ~25% weight reduction.

All they would have to do is figure how to make large panels; which is no easy task, but neither is rocket science. The patent licensing could be a major revenue stream.

Just leaving a "Aber die Spaltmaße" comment here.

At this point Tesla customers deserve this crap

2 million idiots clambering over themselves to preorder this brainfart of a vehicle.

The regular Tesla cars have inconsistent panel gaps already, I feel this is a production issue, not a material issue.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The Cybertruck's stainless steel body has been difficult to work with, especially when it comes to the vehicle's fit and finish, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

In October, Tesla set a delivery event for the first Cybertrucks for November 30 after two years of delays — and there's signs the truck will have a smaller release than initially expected.

Meanwhile, Musk has warned that it will be difficult to scale production due to the vehicle's unusual design and said the company aims to produce about a quarter million Cybertrucks per year by 2025.

"When you've got a product with a lot of new technology or any brand new vehicle program, especially one that is as different and advanced as the Cybertruck, you will have problems proportionate to how many new things you're trying to solve at scale," Musk said during Tesla's earnings call last month.

Yet despite the enthusiasm, some Tesla fans have already taken to criticizing the design, including the vehicle's enormous windshield wiper and images of its finger-print smudged doors, as well as misaligned panels.

Auto expert Sandy Munro previously told Insider it's unfair to judge the vehicle based off of images of early Cybertruck prototypes.

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I am just glad the man is distracted, keeps him away from spacex

Well, if Sandy Munro said to not worry about it we're good. Oh who tf is Sandy Munro?

Should have taken a closer look at DMC...

I truly applaud the attempt to radically innovate, from stainless steel to eliminate car rust (how much of it truly is stainless, mechanically speaking?), to major aesthetical design overhaul (even though it does not appeal to me at all). With so much innovation, delays ought to be expected

That being said, everything else is just atrocious. Production issues are blamed on unexpected delays because of innovation and vice versa. It just screams project mismanagement. This thing should't have been revealed at all. Also, why the fuck does this have bullet proof glass? A truck for the apocalypse? Are they trying to sell an APC? Who asked for any of that?

Worked for a car manufacturer doing statistical analysis on gap & flushness all over the exterior... And the door gaps are a bitch to get right. Probably the most difficult ones over the whole car. All the manufacturers struggle with this to a degree. This is also the one place where part quality is probably most critical.

The other gaps are usually handled by designing the angles in a beneficial way etc. When they show up in a bigger way it's almost always bad design.

All steel coils resemble giant rolls of toilet paper no?

What a shock 🙄

that the truck is not designed or built right has been obvious from the getgo. Similar issues are found in all Tesla products, i'm not sure why we're pretending otherwise

electric ground vehicles are not going to save the world

https://www.vidlii.com/watch?v=njL4HaoY8lW

anti-T articles almost as many pro-T. pics or it didn't happen. did see some showroom, not rc, that are pretty defect free. get ready. delivery day in 2, 1...