A friend tried to save them from a burning Cybertruck in Piedmont. Now electronic doors face federal scrutiny
Federal regulators are reviewing electronic doors after three young people died in a burning Cybertruck in 2024 in Piedmont.
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Tesla Cybertruck Gets Carbon Fiber Underbody Panels, Apparently Aluminum Panels Were Inadequate
Tesla decided that the Cybertruck finally needed better underbody protection, after going through some episodes of bad PR. The carmaker quietly upgraded the Cybertruck's underbody panels with ...
A Tesla Cybertruck Owner Chose Chargers No More Than 100 Miles Apart for Her First Camper Tow, and Still Had to Unhook Twice
The Cybertruck’s route estimate held, regenerative braking impressed her, and two pull-through stalls worked while hitched. The owner chose 100-mile spacing cautiously; the trip did not measure the truck’s maximum towing range.
Tesla Cybertruck Production Is Being Held Hostage
Tesla is often on the receiving end of litigation, but this time, it's the one doing the suing. In court documents seen by Bloomberg Law, Tesla claims that one of its suppliers, Angstrom Automotive ...
Texas Cybertruck supplier files bankruptcy, delaying Tesla's recovery of needed equipment
Tesla won access to disputed Cybertruck tooling at a Troy factory, but its owner declared bankruptcy, blocking enforcement of ...
Tesla Quietly Gave The Cybertruck A Carbon Fiber Upgrade
A routine inspection underneath a new Cybertruck uncovered a surprising hardware change that Tesla later confirmed.
Cybertruck supplier disputes 'ransom' claim, says Tesla left it with $11.9M in costs
A Michigan-based supplier says Tesla's promised Cybertruck orders never came after it made costly factory investments.
This Data Shows Just How Hard Tesla's Cybertruck Has Actually Flopped
The Tesla Cybertruck is many things, including a flop. In fact, it's sold so badly that it might just equal one of the worst ...
Whistlindiesel's Cybertruck Durability Test Ends in a 109 MPH Fireball and a $53,000 Repair Bill
YouTube creator WhistlinDiesel posted a video that features his Tesla Cybertruck undergoing an intense durability test after some pretty interesting modifications. One of these modifications was actually made to make the Cybertruck manual. The whole ... Read more
This Is How the Tesla Cybertruck Became a Bigger Flop Than the Ford Edsel
When Elon Musk and Tesla launched the Cybertruck, they had grand plans and visions for its future. There were hopes that some 250,000 units of the truck would be sold annually, but the reality has ... Read more
Watch YouTuber WhistlinDiesel Finish Off His Cybertruck With a 111-MPH Crash Into an F-150
It's easy to forget that YouTuber WhistlinDiesel's Tesla Cybertruck durability test began almost two years ago now, what with all the other drama around the influencer whose real name is Cody ...
Tesla sues Cybertruck supplier amid standoff keeping production hostage
Tesla sued Cybertruck supplier Angstrom Automotive after it locked Tesla's die-cast tooling inside a Texas plant it's closing and asked $250,000 a week.
Florida man using his Tesla Cybertruck to tow a boat for 2 hours to lake ends up coming to a damning conclusion
When this Floridian used his Tesla Cybertruck to tow his boat for two hours, it brought him to a damning conclusion. Taking your boat to a lake is as American as apple pie. But when you have a huge ...
Tesla Cybertruck production is now officially a hostage situation
Tesla is locked in a legal standoff with a key parts supplier, warning that production of the Cybertruck could grind to a ...
Bloomberg: Is Tesla Cybertruck The Next Edsel?
Nearly 70 years after Ford Motor Co. introduced one of the most famous failures in automotive history, Tesla's Cybertruck may ...
Is a Cybertruck faster than a Hellcat?
The Dodge Hellcat variant is a blisteringly fast beast but is it faster than a Cybertruck? We break down everything you need ...
Is It Safe To Call The Tesla Cybertruck a Flop Yet?
When Tesla first unveiled the Cybertruck, it generated unprecedented hype.Armed with a polarizing, sci-fi-inspired stainless steel design, the angular pickup immediately captured the public's imagination, accumulating an estimated 1.9 to 2 million pre-launch reservations.Early registration trackers and community tallies pointed toward a massive backlog of eager buyers, foreshadowing what many expected to be an absolute disruption of the highly profitable North American pickup truck segment.However, registration data reveals that the transition from a viral internet phenomenon to a sustained sales success has run headfirst into the headwinds of reality.
Tesla Says a Supplier Held Its Cybertruck Tooling for Ransom. Owning the Dies Was Never the Same as Controlling Them.
This Cybertruck tooling lawsuit started on July 21st, when a team of Tesla employees drove to a die-casting plant in Troy, Texas, a small town near Waco, to collect equipment Tesla had already paid for. They brought local law enforcement with them. They were turned away at the door anyway. Two days later, Tesla’s lawyers were in front of a federal judge asking for permission to walk into a building and take back its own machinery. That is not a normal Tuesday for a car company that builds hundre
Tesla sues supplier over plant closure, alleged lockout that could halt Cybertruck production
The pickup’s build process can’t go on without specific tools, Tesla claims — tools that are being kept behind closed doors ...
Tesla says Cybertruck production threatened by supplier holding parts 'for ransom'
Tesla says a supplier is withholding machines and parts needed for Cybertruck production, warning supplies could run out ...