Tesla is secretly recalling Cybertruck batteries
Tesla is secretly recalling Cybertruck batteries
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Tesla Is Secretly Recalling Cybertruck Batteries - CleanTechnica
Summary
Tesla has been quietly replacing battery packs in Cybertrucks due to issues with "side-dented cells" causing potential battery core collapse.
Reports date back to September 2024, with owners learning of battery replacements during unrelated service visits.
Tesla describes the replacements as proactive but has not issued an official recall, raising questions about transparency and regulatory compliance.
Critics suggest Tesla’s approach avoids negative press and high costs.
Concerns persist about the scope of the issue, potential safety risks, and Tesla’s lack of formal communication with owners or regulatory bodies.
Only a few weeks of stalling to go until they can definitively announce that there are no problems with cybertrucks, the patriotic car exploded due to terrorism, and BYD was the responsible party so EV tariffs are getting doubled.
It's already well known that the Cybertruck that exploded in Las Vegas was loaded with fireworks and cans of camp fuel. Whether it was "terrorism" or not is still an open question (and it's such a wildly overused term these days that it'll likely be a useless answer) but I think blaming it on the battery is likely jumping to a poor conclusion.
Well, actually, the article is from 4 days ago, so prior to that incident not after.
It seems that fire was a deliberate explosion - the rare Tesla fire that's not started by the Tesla.
I do appreciate how we heard a cybertruck exploded and caught fire and most people were like "yup, that happens."
How do you prevent someone making a bomb out of gas cans and pyrotechnics by replacing batteries ... ? Those weren't even affected by the explosion/fire.
As musk commented, you don't have to worry about those fires as cyber truck will direct them upwards.
They'll still blame someone for it instead of accept the responsibility for it.
Didn’t you hear?
It’s now possibly an act of terrorism.🙄
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/tesla-cybertruck-explosion-in-las-vegas-being-investigated-as-possible-terror-attack-228287045524
If he had known before, he probably wouldn't have stored camp fuel and fireworks.
There has been a steady stream of "Cybertruck sucks!" Articles and comments being posted since Cybertruck was revealed, so it's actually not all that interesting IMO. Blow up a Cybertruck at any time and there'll likely be some other "Cybertruck sucks!" Thing going on at the simultaneously.
Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis have had electric car recalls over the past couple of years too, I haven't seen a peep about those.