khepri@khepri@lemmy.world
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Replying to @⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩

One of these drove by me the other day in a parking lot and it was just squeaking and creaking in a way you’d expect a 30 year old vehicle to sound, the thing is basically a half-finished prototype that I guess Musk just got sick of trying to make actually good because he knows that his cult chuds buying these things couldn’t give a fuck if they are built properly or not.

rumba@rumba@lemmy.zip

Replying to @⁨khepri@lemmy.world⁩

It was ill-conceived, over-promised, and under-delivered.

They’re huge. They’re ‘stainless’. They’re unibody. The drivetrain is expensive as shit. The tech innovations (digital door handles, controlless dash, bed cover are just wastes of money.

He wanted to make an impregnable, floatable tank. They ended up cutting every corner on structure and putting that into form, but when they finished, the design and QC was so bad that it just failed all over.

To fix everything that would be needed to cover the non-artistic issues, it would be the price of a large house instead of a small one.

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