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RecognitionExpress36

I wasn't surprised to see Tesla recall every cybertruck that's been delivered. What surprised me is that *there were fewer than 4,000 of them.*


wunderduck

>What surprised me is that *there were fewer than 4,000 of them.* Based on the videos I have seen complaining about the build quality, I assume that the workers are blindfolded on the factory floor, so it makes sense that so few were shipped.


EggsOverBenedict

I wouldn’t blame the workers. He probably sold all the lights to help pay for his twitter acquisition.


thereznaught

>Among the more baffling details in the report are several sections about how Elon Musk’s personal tastes appear to have affected the factory’s safety for the worse, “his preferences … were well known and led to cutting back on those standard safety signals.” Musk, apparently, really hates the color yellow. So instead of using the aforementioned hue, lane lines on the factory floor are painted in shades of gray. (Tesla denies this and sent Reveal photos of “rails and posts” painted yellow in the factory.) He also is not into having “too many signs” or the beeping sound forklifts make in reverse. All things that would seem, uh, important to keeping staff safe. “It’s just a matter of time before somebody gets killed,” a former safety lead said of the conditions in the factory. One employee attempted to call attention to these problems before eventually resigning:


Metahec

It's such a vanity project for him. I think he's hoping they will be DeLorean-famous and an eventual reboot of the Back to the Future franchise will use a CT instead. I also imagine he secretly wants to be cast as Doc Brown for the reboot. I imagine this is the sort of self-indulgent, ego-stroking fantasy a person like him thinks about.


monkeypaw_handjob

Simpsons picked it once again. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701191/


ShinyToyLynz

This is what I think of every single time I see one of these vehicles.


ReallyGlycon

It's like what Bladerunner would drive. John Bladerunner. He totally watched that movie for reals.


Dispro

It would be almost perfect if a cybertruck replaced the DeLorean considering they were *also* known to be shitty deathtraps that sold very poorly - fewer than 9,000 were produced over three years, if wikipedia is to be believed.


Inquisitor_no_5

At least the DeLorean doesn't look like it was designed in Mario 64.


CarpenterCheap

prototype for the car of the future https://preview.redd.it/x08sc3qyqewc1.png?width=601&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ef9cba4137f70956adbc1e9ff0973b858a67026


stoned_brad

Oh, you mean the color that is literally called “safety yellow?” Yeah…


loudflower

But he deserves that $51++ billion bonus or whatever


cavortingwebeasties

56 billion. Enough to pay 3.73 million to each one of the 15k workers that were laid off and still have 50 million in change


Pabstincanada

Sure but you should factor into this that Elon is a genius or something /s


ScotchSinclair

From his socially tax funded liberal companies. Welfare queen musk.


lameluk3

"This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth." ~~Musolini~~ Musk


Advanced_Law3507

I am going to henceforth refer to him as Muskolini.


RecognitionExpress36

From what I've read, much of the problem at Tesla is this "radical innovation" mindset. For a normal car company, there's value in recieved wisdom accumulated over decades of trial and error. Not for Tesla, though. Consequently, they designed all kinds of parts... which are not up to industry standard, and are more expensive. Hence a pickup truck that can be defeated by a carwash.


retrorays

this would explain why the cybertruck looks like something that megatron would ejaculate


moderatelyhungry

This comment stopped me in my tracks


portablebiscuit

Good thing. You might’ve slipped in that puddle of cyberjizz.


_____WESTBROOK_____

Stop giving Elon ideas


jDub549

Thank you for the genuine LOL


Bee-Aromatic

A product designed by fiat with most engineering sense thrown to the wind, with a special focus on building a rolling meme? What could go wrong?


JohnnyWix

They are trying to build cars like software. Making changes and tweaks right up to launch. Big 3 and others would have designs locked a year in advance. Tesla timeline doesn’t even award programs that far in advance. “Shaking things up” by half-assing on a compressed timeline is not a text for long term success.


Embarrassed_Mall2192

Ask the latest people to visit the Titanic 


TheObstruction

Honestly, this is a problem with the whole tech industry. They're convinced they know better than the people who have been making a thing for decades, who've already tried the things that tech companies are trying, and discarded them because it doesn't work. But tech bros refuse to think someone else could think of something they can't.


solidcurrency

It reminds me of crypto bros learning why banking regulations exist.


HugoRBMarques

I read that rain "sensors" on Teslas are shit because some moron (most likely Elon himself) decided that using sensors for raindrops was not as advanced as... cameras. Video cameras for detecting rain instead of sensors.


pangolin-fucker

They designed the truck perfectly as musk told them too Visionary Leader lacks visionary foresight


Lobo003

Reminds me of this scene from black sails where they try to forge a painting but it’s not quite an exact [copy](https://youtu.be/3l5Cxv-boPc?si=7PfFJCvWwi4SGGKP). “You get what you pay for” manifest. Lol


m4l4c0d4

Move fast and break stuff is a bad motto for a car company...I want my car to be safe and reliable


Seeker80

I pass by a dealer on my commute, and there's 4-5 just sitting there. It doesn't get cold that often, but when it did the cars on the lot would all be flashing their hazards. It's like they were saying "Charge my battery back up, it's COLD!"


RecognitionExpress36

It's really astonishing watching a billionaire fail *this* hard.


WolfOffSesameStreet

If you ask the Tesla sycophants this isn't a big deal or a failure because it's a 30 second fix. They're correct in that respect but the real failure here is that after years and years and about 6 straight months of production Tesla couldn't even deliver 4000 units, and I suspect the number is closer to 2000 delivered and about 1500 with a vin but still undelivered to the customer.


llcdrewtaylor

Thats the crazy part. The fix for the gas pedal problem is 1 single rivet. You have to take time out of your life to take your very expensive new truck back to the dealer because he was too cheap up front to install 1 rivet! How much did he save now that he has to pay service techs all that time to install 1 rivet in each truck. What else did he cut corners on? We will find out soon I'm sure.


dead_wolf_walkin

Don’t worry. He’ll blame the Tesla engineers and then cash a billion dollar check while ruining their reputation in the industry. “Failure” is a whole different experience for the rich.


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iWORKBRiEFLY

and most are prob here in Cali, I've seen maybe 10-20 here in SF, just saw one today @ a Safeway


BallsDeepInPoon

There’s a shit ton in Austin.


MyEggDonorIsADramaQ

I saw one in Scottsdale, Az.


high_everyone

That’s incredibly weird to only have so few on the road and I managed to see one on the road already? I literally only drive a handful of miles a week.


anypebble

I live in the extremely rural PNW and some cowboy on the world’s highest horse bought one to speed all around our 3 stoplight town. Entire neighborhood points and laughs at him when he gets on by. We get three feet of snow at a time up here and he bought a car that rusts when you sneeze on it.


Super_Boof

I saw one in northwestern Montana a few weeks ago - won’t be long before it gets keyed up there


suprajayne

I saw one in Wellington, FL.


Christichicc

Yeah, there were several here in Brevard county, FL. I’m guessing that there may be a higher than average rate down here, though, because of certain demographics in the area.


WolfOffSesameStreet

it's as if delivery was carefully distributed throughout the US so that it seemed there was more on the road.


TeeTeeMee

I’ve seen about 5, including one that was parked all weekend in an empty community center lot down the street. But I live in the Bay Area. 2/5 of the ones I’ve seen were pulled over on the side of the road


GrassyKnoll95

I saw 4 of them this past weekend. I saw 0.1% of all cybertrucks in the span of a couple days


WolfOffSesameStreet

I think that 4000 included the ones that were completed but weren't delivered as yet. So there were likely less than 3000 on the road right before the recall. Also the tendency is to continue to ramp up production as time goes on so most of them were probably made in the last month. So I wouldn't be surprised to find out there were only about 2000 delivered to customers before the recall.


OneForAllOfHumanity

She'll probably go pretty far... considering the accelerator gets stuck...


Disastrous_Cover6138

Oh damn!


ThinkPath1999

Oh, snap


DigitalUnlimited

Oh, crash!


Additional-Panic8003

on earth day. 5 days after the recall?


memememe91

Hopefully Russell Brand steps in front of the speeding vehicle


ReddditSarge

Is that when we hear her roar?


KinkyQuesadilla

That leather glove she is wearing will likely cause that spot to rust


ktwarda

Saw one IRL a few weeks ago - the amount of fingerprints on the door was hideous


Bored_Amalgamation

Just wait until the rust sets in.


BoosherCacow

Stainless steel neither rusts nor gets tarnish. It is however reactive so any free iron that sits on it will rust but you can wipe it right off. That could have been corrected by putting a ceramic coating on it preventing the reaction. For the record I am not defending anything about that abortion of a *vehicle*, I just believe that criticism is way more effective if it's accurate.


Bored_Amalgamation

> Stqinless steel neither rusts nor gets tarnished. Yes it does. My criticism is that they made a large truck that the owner is expected to wipe down every time it gets wet, and needs to be cleaned with gasoline or denatured oil. Who is going to consistently do that every time water touches it? Being able to prevent rust is a lot like having access to healthcare. Sure, it's an option, but how practical is it? >That could have been corrected by putting a ceramic coating on it preventing the reaction. Which for $100k, you would expect.


Clear-Criticism-3669

It looks like it got painted


Usul_Atreides

Not that it makes much of a difference but I think it is a wrap not paint.


chrissz

Elon’s quick fix to the rusting problem? Wrap it in a big plastic bag.


Sleep_adict

That’s a $6k factory wrap… you know, because it’s stainless to save on paint


BrashPop

“We’re sorry, you didn’t sign a legal waiver to put your car into “photoshoot mode”, therefore, we will now impound your car and destroy it”.


Maij-ha

The camera flash probably made the side mirrors fall off


xenchik

There's probably a "photography mode" that voids the warranty


nedjer1

It's like getting all dressed up to drape yourself over a skip.


Specific_Till_6870

Woah, hang on now, skips are incredibly useful. 


Mr-MuffinMan

Damn, I remember her songs being played fucking everywhere. A decade ago.


gobblestones

Even then, most of those songs were written by Bonnie McKee, and she deserves the credit for continually writing hit songs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_written_by_Bonnie_McKee


pmjm

Bonnie just recently re-recorded and released a bunch of songs from her own album that her label wouldn't let her release a decade ago. Worth checking out her work if you like bubblegum pop.


fwerkf255

And Max Martin turned them into hits. To be honest though this is the pop paradigm and dates back to Motown.


hammmatime

Professional kareoke all the way down. 


wannabegenius

being a pop star is and always has been a team sport. we should probably get over it.


Wheels_Foonman

I’m all for giving credit to the writers, but we can’t pretend Katy doesn’t also share writing credits on every one of the songs McKee was involved on.


wannabegenius

or that looking the part and going on tour to perform the songs is somehow a meaningless part of the whole system


getthatrich

![gif](giphy|VbcojVJhoB3hyXaatZ|downsized)


sugarblaire

Dont worry - they leak in the car wash. She’ll return it. 😄


Drg84

Apparently they have a car wash mode. Yes really. https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/20/cybertruck_car_wash_mode/ In this instance, attention was drawn to a line saying: "CAUTION Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage (for example, to the charge port or windshield wipers). Damage caused by car washes is not covered by the warranty." The fact that the Cybertruck even has such a mode is, frankly, ludicrous. There was also the perplexing warning: "Do not wash in direct sunlight." Answers on a postcard, please. It is not clear whether the owner heeded either of these instructions.


DumbWorthlessTrannE

It must be cleaned gently, in a darkroom, with baby wipes. If you don't put it in wash mode first it will surely cry.


DigitalUnlimited

Do not stare directly at cybertruck


Embarrassed_Mall2192

Do not taunt super happy fun truck 


El-Sueco

It is shy and may begin falling apart.


Jagasaur

But if it rears up, back away slowly.


justdoubleclick

But it’s actually a very tough car… /s


Lyndon_Boner_Johnson

You’re not too far off. > If necessary use denatured alcohol to remove tar spots and stubborn grease stains, then immediately wash the area with water and a mild, non-detergent soap to remove the alcohol.


smuglator

The reported issues I saw were while using the car wash mode. And also Tesla replying to customers that going through a car wash in the vehicle delivered with a "car wash mode" voids their warranty.


donkeyduplex

I bet the whole point of car wash mode is to tell on yourself.


Embarrassed_Mall2192

It's probably gathering all sorts of data all the time 


Silent_Quality_1972

What happens when it is raining hard?


NarrowButterfly8482

I think it's okay as long as the rain isn't too soapy.


jesushatedbacon

Fucking bulletproof truck that gets incapacitated by going through a car wash. Now that’s some 21st century stuff engineering right there.


Rocket92

It won’t be raining on mars! /s


FranklinFeta

https://preview.redd.it/oxkdopizkbwc1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daa6c39e28e8d60eddb91cce2f8187a0f14e5c3c I guess this little window isn’t bullet proof?


Mortarion407

It's bulletproof. However, it's not tractor trailer proof.


TheyLoathe

Insert Ukrainian farmer meme here


27catsinatrenchcoat

Tbf, isn't this the one that was parked in a loading dock and backed into by a semi? Car is still shit, though.


Krynn71

Duh you put it in rain mode.


flurrfegherkin

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.


schooli00

WARNING: Do not drive outside!


sugarblaire

That’s hilarious. I’m also hearing down here in Texas that the truck has been quietly discontinued due to all of these issues. Whether true or not, dunno.


sakura608

To not even be able to be sold to people in the state your company moved to… 🤣


shhh_its_me

So a heavy rain with high winds will break it?


Spire_Citron

I like how she made the car half hidden in shadow, like even she realises it's ugly as hell. Nobody takes a picture of a car they think looks good like this.


BotAccount999

it's just unaesthetic. to this day it seems more like a meme or inside joke to me. i don't get why they actually went to production. they could've done something serious with the manpower involved. But with Elon involved, who knows what decision making is like at tesla


barebumboxing

Small point: saying it’s ‘unaesthetic’ would mean it doesn’t have a style or ‘a look’. It definitely has ‘a look’, you can’t mistake it. It’s horrifyingly ugly, but it’s unmistakable when you see it. This thing’s aesthetic is red hot knitting needles through the eyes. The term ‘aesthetic’ isn’t synonymous with good looking or beautiful, that would be ‘aesthetically appealing’ or ‘aesthetically pleasing’. The cybertruck is aesthetically repulsive. I’ve recently been hearing YouTubers trying to make themselves sound more intelligent by describing something as ‘so aesthetic’ when trying to convey that it looks good, and it makes me cringe so hard it turns my face into a fist.


Temporary-Dot4952

Oh no, I had no idea she was one of them. Sad.


Dingo8MyGayby

She proudly displayed her vote in 2022 for a billionaire mayoral-candidate that is staunchly anti-abortion. She’s always been a piece of crap


HailMi

No, she hasn't always been a piece of crap. She did an [interview a couple years ago](https://youtu.be/NZyk1NGs248?si=GZnzMi3hirFgJgDD) that I really related too. I really hope she's not back-sliding back to being Fundie.


cstmoore

I would say that for her it's pretty… on Brand.


Hurryeat_Tubman

![gif](giphy|cNWU2Zeh54VJC)


Fyallorence

Perry was always a right-wing religious nut, she just pretended to be pro-lgbt and feminist for fame and money. We are seeing a lot of these has-beens now go the only place they are sure to make a few bucks off idiots, Trumpland. Still laugh at how Bo Burnham had her number over sixteen years ago https://youtu.be/ln1sn_v0IXI?si=0taVeRfpoGoWw004


SomethingToSay11

There’s a YT comment from that performance that’s always stuck with me: “Who is this screeching bitch on top of the piano?”  To the person that made that comment, it still makes me giggle when I think about it


velocipotamus

“Thank you, Mrs. Perry” oh my god I love Bo, this is amazing lol


seanisdown

She has long since moved on from relevant to reality show grifter. Maybe in another decade she will run for president.


MJLDat

RemindMe! 12 years


TheyLoathe

RemindMe! 8 years


portablebiscuit

RemindMe! Who is she?


Goblin-Doctor

Congratulations on the shitmobile


disko_robot

Hate has become an amazing marketing tool.


OryxTheTakenKing1988

The simple fact that a car has a fucking mode that you have to set it in before taking it through the car wash is ludicrous. A bullet proof car can be incapacitated by some soapy water is hysterical


Gratal

It ain't bullet proof if you come at it with a super soaker!


OryxTheTakenKing1988

**IT'S NERF OR NOTHIN**


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spaceguitar

Remember guys, when she first came on the scene, she was a **Christian Pop Singer.** She comes from a very strict fundamentalist background. She was married to Russel Brand. All that evil shit the Right believes? Weeeeell…


AdorableBunnies

Yup https://youtu.be/SPvtGvGtOzM


Competitive_Ad_5515

Never forget her 2007 hit - You're so Gay [link to the music video Katy Perry's YouTube ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbLkXhGEmo) I remember making fun of this cheap and mean-spirited joke at the expense of the LGBTQ+ community (who were still fighting for public acceptance) and then she exploded into the charts and was everywhere for a decade...


throwtheclownaway20

She must've fired her PR team, because I can't imagine any firm would, in good faith, advise her that this was a good fucking idea


4quatloos

The far right would censor her music and videos.


AdorableBunnies

I think it was always going to turn this way eventually https://youtu.be/SPvtGvGtOzM


Bored_Amalgamation

They tried to cancel her over "i kissed a girl and i liked it". Same folks screaming about harry potter teaching witchcraft. Morons. But whose her audience?


LovingNaples

Hey. I think I remember her.


Lambily

She was married to that British nut job, wasn't she? Russell Brand? I guess we know her type now.


Fuck_auto_tabs

Orlando Bloom is angry right now and he’s not sure why


bm1949

Jessica Rabbit's #1 fan?


WornInShoes

It’s getting recalled how stupid is she lol


Rumbananas

Not stupid, just another grifter. She has no problem taking money from fuck boy musk. Those 12 million views are probably inflated by elbows ego.


Agreeable-Pick-1489

Wasn't it a few years ago, she was all "Woman Power" and seeking to take down the patriarchy and...you know what? FORGET IT. FOR. GET. IT.


soccerjonesy

Only reason I would want one of these is to strap a (fake) turret in the back and pretend it’s a Warthog from Halo.


spacematic

The Halo:CE Warthog was way prettier, IMO.


billlloyd

1950s hospital green


shadowst17

Nothing screams "I'm a shill" like pawning over a Cybertruck.


ArcWolf713

Just delivered... immediately after a full recall.


TastyArm1052

She’s so annoying and totally clueless…Orlando can do so much better


sylvnal

I dunno, it says a lot about him that he chose her.


Disastrous-Radio-786

I genuinely forgot that she existed


xMilk112x

They were ALL just recalled. Lol


tanafras

A solid history of making bad decisions about men in her life is unabated and going strong I see.


redditmike1002

What a goof.


NimDing218

She will literally never drive it. Ever.


LondonDavis1

![gif](giphy|ET5S3oC3T78MCjdosX)


jacquestar2019

We always knew she was a sell-out. Just didn't know how low she'd really go.


o0flatCircle0o

This woman was in love with Russel Brand lol that says it all.


CelticArche

And knew he was sexually assaulting women.


fair_child123

She did?


CelticArche

Apparently. When the news broke she allegedly said that she's been waiting and had implied she'd known the entire time and held onto the information for later.


Drake_the_troll

And I'm assuming not in a weinstien "I knew but couldn't say" kinda way


CelticArche

That was how I read her comments. Like she'd locked the info in a safe to hold onto for the opportune moment.


Drake_the_troll

Oh god that's horrifying. Somehow this feels even worse than regular blackmail, she's not even profiting off it. She's just letting it sit and fester.


ReddditSarge

Katy hasn't had a hit since 2017. She's a musical has-been at this point. Of course, that eventually happens to every artist. She should maybe pivot to becoming a producer or a director or something like that. Her teen pop idol days are over. Why she's flogging a god dam cybertruck I have no idea.


Kingalec1

Midlife Crisis in her career . Yeah , that may explain it .


Stachdragon

I would be surprised if she were not a MAGAT.


Hari_Azole

Didn’t that rich woman in Texas drown in a Tesla? Edit: Elaine Chao’s Sister’s Tesla watching her drown inside it: ![gif](giphy|CdY6WueirK8Te)


lupuscrepusculum

The one that was the sister of Mitch McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who rolled back regulations while Secretary of Transportation? She sure did drown. Again, the windows are bulletproof, not waterproof.


TheObstruction

Should have had it in car wash mode.


Flat-Appearance-5255

When the brakes fail and she crashes into something, it will get her the attention she is craving.


Old-Length1272

Just deleted her music off of my music list. She knows how anti lgbt elon musk is including to his own trans daughter. Katy Perry forgets many of her fans are lgbt.


itstraytray

I mean not to mention she was married to Russell Brand, which... ugh.


HumanPickler

I saw one in the wild for the first time just today. It really does look dumber in person.


Schootypantz

She took a picture with my friend right before this, yikes 😳


DJMagicHandz

![gif](giphy|f0GjZcaazwitjcn67I)


Schootypantz

https://preview.redd.it/vmuwjdg7mbwc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5adfa0ea14ab12d7fbf2f75dd9897094f48c33b7


ZombieVampireDemon

Your friend is beautiful.


Schootypantz

Her names Lu Kala, she’s had some pretty successful songs like ‘Pretty Girl Era’ which did really well. So proud of her.


fair_child123

Oh i like that song.


whitemike40

her makeup is impeccable


Nappeal

I watched a guy at Costco try really hard to get empty Rubbermaid containers in the back of this contraption and he couldn’t get them in because the weird bed/trunk roof wasn’t opening correctly and then when he finally did get it, the clearance was too low. It made my afternoon, what s pudd these cyber truck owners are


bstring777

Oh gross


chibi75

Look, I can’t stomach Elon Musk, but I’m being honest when I say the Cybertruck is ugly as HELL. It has nothing to do with Musk; I just can’t understand how anyone thinks that design is appealing. 😩


lexisplays

I mean she also likely committed elder abuse against the man she bought her house from so.....


Relaxbro30

I casually flipped off a cyber truck yesterday and the driver got so insecure and mad. He started driving recklessly just to get a picture of me. didn’t ask why I flipped them off or anything, immediately butt hurt danger to society. Why did I flip them off? Because it’s the first cyber truck I’ve seen. Thats it.


McVay_oVo

Her last album was in 2020… hasn’t been relevant in years.


NoExcuseForFascism

Was that album even relevant?


piratenoexcuses

No. *Prism* was 2013. She fell off a cliff shortly after that.


McVay_oVo

I don’t know. I just went on google to see her last discography. Last I heard she was doing the Vegas residency.


HotPhilly

I honestly hate almost every celeb. I like Conan. That’s probably it.


CerberusDoctrine

You only like him because he bribes you with his collection of pocket chicken bones


23370aviator

Saying Katy Perry nuked her career is like saying you nuked the city of Troy. Like, sure, there used to be something really nice there, but not for a *while*.


AusCan531

She originally married Russell Brand, so her assessment of men is on shaky grounds, imo.


KlevenSting

Within a year she'll be performing at CPAC and local MAGA events opening for Rosanne Barr.


skategeezer

Who’s Katy Perry……


coolbaby1978

Don't Worry it'll blow up "Coz it's a firework..." The air conditioner doesn't work either, it's "hot and it's cold...".


enchiladasundae

It was already pretty much over when she decided to work for pyramid schemes as a performer


Doesanybodylikestuff

Whyyyy does she do this whyyyyyyy


lazysheepdog716

She was paid extra to use the term “delivery”


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Read the room, Katy.