The CyberTruck also has a bit of a windshield problem

[thewayne]

Oh, this is lovely.

We all know how Teslas you have to do almost everything through the touchscreen, including gear selection. And this is the most likely cause of the death of Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law: she put her car into the wrong gear, drove into a cattle pond, panicked, couldn't get out, and drowned.

This is fundamentally stupid, and they're pretty much the only car maker that does this.

The incEl Camino varies from this. Slightly. They added a manual gear selector.

Cool, right?

It's a push-button electronic box.

Mounted vertically on the windshield.

As part of the clip system that holds the sun visors in place.

And we've had the first report of it falling off.

So let's see. Sun visors being clipped in and out equals repeated stress to the adhesive that holds it in place. Constant exposure of the adhesive holding it in place to the sun is going to soften and weaken it.

OOH, I KNOW A SOLUTION!

Let's drill a hole through the windshield and throw in a few pop rivets!

It's just a matter of time before this becomes a very common problem. I'm not sure how much of a safety issue it is, aside from having a dangling piece of hardware. I think you can still select gears, even with this thing loose.

The article has a photo of the problem.

https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-windshield-panel-1851427746

Comments

[murakozi]

Why on earth did they put it there? Then again, why am I asking? It's a Tesla.

[thewayne]

Did you see the Simpsons episode where Homer designs his dream car?  Yeah, kinda like that.  I have no idea, pure idiocy.  If the adhesive is that poor of quality, could you imagine what would happen in a severe head-on collision, say against something unyielding, like a bridge abutment?

[garote]

This is what happens when you treat your designers like royalty and your engineers like cattle.

[kaishin108]

I would not want a Tesla, eek! :-/

[thewayne]

I think in this case it was designer (singular) with the initials EM.

[thewayne]

If someone were to give me one, the first thing that I would do would be to sell it.

[disneydream06]

That deserves even more then a WTF News column. :o :o :o

A gear shift on the windshield?
I wonder if that's even legal in Minnesota.
It's illegal to have anything hanging from our rearview mirror.
It's illegal to have your GPS mounted on the windshield, but okay on the dashboard.
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

Well, it's a factory installation glued to it, so it might slide by.  I don't know.  I'd never noticed it in any photos.

[disneydream06]

For me, it's just one more excuse not to buy one. :o

[thewayne]

I would never buy a Tesla, period.  If I were to buy a BEV, I would consider the Toyota that they co-developed with Subaru.  You can currently lease one for approx $2,000 down and $200 a month with 12,000 miles annual on it.  Heck of a deal.  My preference would be buying a Toyota Prius IF I didn't live in snow country, otherwise I'll stick with my Subaru.

[darkoshi]

Those "push buttons" look no better than a touchscreen to me. No way to be sure of which one you're pressing without looking at it.

[murakozi]

The Cybertruck seems to be a combination of the Homer and Canyonero.

[disneydream06]

I like my SUVs. :)

Although Subarus have a great reputation. :)

[silveradept]

Yet more reasons to avoid buying that vehicle, and all the other Teslas - it seems pretty clear at this point that someone has been given too much power to institute their design decisions, regardless of whether that is a smart, sensible, or functional design.