3 Cybertrucks Caught Fire After Underbody Strikes. Tesla Now Sells a $3,500 Battery Shield Upgrade. - FuelArc News
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TL;DR: At least three Cybertrucks have caught fire after crashes involving fire hydrants or other strikes beneath the truck. Tesla now sells owners a battery shield for $3,500. Call it shrinkflation, because when the same basic thing happened in 2013, Tesla offered owners additional battery armor for free while under investigation by the NHTSA. Tesla […]

I mean, I’m glad Tesla built a fix, but it’s sort of tacky to ship a $75,000+ truck and then sell the fireproofing separately.

  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Any other company would have been sued into nonexistence if they released a car that;

    Lied in its marketing

    Can’t tow for shit - aluminium frame holding tow bar collapses under ‘rated’ strain

    Can’t be driven in water - electronics fail

    Can’t offroad

    Breaks when treated as anything but a soccermom suv

    Stuck the accelerator on full blast during one user’s drive

    Autopilot feature was stuck behind and update for the first year

    And now denonstrably sets fire to itself if damaged from the underside (but dont worry, the company now sells a product to bandaid that open chest wound)