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by klyrs 781 days ago
The eternal optimism of Tesla fans continues to astound me. The cybertruck has just been recalled because the soap they used to install accelerator pedals made them slip off, and you're telling me people are complaining less about panel issues?
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Other manufacturers have recalls too, for equally dangerous conditions, but only Tesla ever makes the news (I'm not defending Tesla, just proving a point). CT has been out for ~4 months, 4k units delivered, platform engineered from scratch, new low voltage system, steer by wire, ...... inevitably something will slip.

Compare a brand-new everything to minor updates to existing cars:

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-lexus-recall-2020-2022-f...

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-recall-50000-corolla-rav...

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-recall-rav4-suv-2023/

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-recall-tundra-fire-risk/

And this is just Toyota, which as far as I can gather is considered reliable and trustworthy.

> only Tesla ever makes the news

This bald-faced lie is revealed by the very news you share further down your comment.

> (I'm not defending Tesla, just proving a point)

Your argument takes the form of a whataboutism, which does not actually prove anything.