r/wallstreetbets • u/ShirlLotJack • 22d ago

News [Fortune] Elon Musk's Tesla reportedly halts Cybertruck deliveries as owners complain of metal sides falling off

https://fortune.com/2025/03/14/elon-musk-tesla-cybertruck-delivery-halt-owners-complain-of-metal-sides-falling-off/
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u/itscool222 22d ago

I absolutely agree adhesives can be great but to not put 1 or 2 bolts or clips in trim pieces is stupid.

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u/topdangle 22d ago

adhesives made specifically for this purpose can provide more than enough of a bond for panels. they remain very tightly bonded even at very high and low temperatures.

either used a cheap adhesive that worked where they designed this piece of crap but not at wider temperature ranges, or they didn't follow instructions so that they could rush the cars out the door without a proper bond. panels properly bonded would not peel off like this. you'd break something before managing to detach it from the glue with just force.

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u/sentrypetal 22d ago

Not if the two metals had different thermal coefficients and expanded at different rates. The stresses would so large micro cracks in the metals would occur resulting in eventual failure

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u/topdangle 22d ago

maybe in theory but not on a brand new bond.

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u/snugglezone 22d ago

Something something ocean gate?

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u/dasunt 22d ago

Ocean gate had a bunch of things happening with their design that basically boiled down to untested, unique design, that left its occupants as human guinea pigs.

Which may not be too far from Tesla's philosophy.

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u/jabroni4545 22d ago edited 22d ago

The stainless panels are glued into steel frames and those frames are secured the vehicle frame with bolts or clips. The problem part for the stop sale seems to be the thin strip over the doors.

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u/Techun2 22d ago

Plenty of real car frames are basically glued together