Featured Munro and advanced manufacturing

The best part is no part:

Bob Wilson

 

"2 months ago" ... a coon's age in Tesla software versions.

Slack tow chain broke it:

This is how they did it. Nothing is indestructible and snapping a tow line or chain is notorious for overloading structures. The vehicle being towed should have had the brakes on to prevent slack from overloading or even running into the tow vehicle. It is called an impulse load.

So then they drove on:

In fact, they continued "testing" a truck they'd already broken.

More "testing" of an already broken truck:


Funny video while more Cybertrucks rolled off the line into the hands of customers:

"In June 2024, Tesla announced that it had reached a production record of 1,300 Cybertrucks per week". ​

So in the two months, 8 weeks, since the video was released, a minimum of 10,400 trucks came off the line. Munro was pointing out the speed of production of body casting is what makes production numbers like this impressive. Regardless, this first model year is going to have "infantile" problems. Only Tesla doesn't wait a model year to implement them.

I'm not in the market for a Cybertruck or an F150. But that is not why I sold my Tesla stock.

Bob Wilson

 

Did you miss the explosive and mob attack?

Now if the F-150 had a slack chain attached to an immovable object or another F-150 and spun the wheels like the dust kicked up by the Cybertruck (go see the video), it would be a more equal test. But they didn’t do that.

I no longer own Tesla stock and my last job at General Electric was integration and test. So like the old Top Gear ‘test’ of the roadster, I know the difference between a clown show and engineering testing.

Bob Wilson

 

I did not see a test against an 11K tow load. Where was it in the video?

There is something called a mechanical fuse. The Cybertruck drove off which is how a mechanical fuse works.

BTW, there is a video of a Cybertruck at a tractor pull contest. Do you need me to look it up for you?

Testing seeks facts and data. Max acceleration with a slack chain has nothing to do with an 11k tow test.

Bob Wilson

 

Here it is, a tow test, "Tri-motor Cyberbeast beats F-350 diesel in a truck pull:"

Bob Wilson

 

Well this explains a lot:

Ford Motor Co. plans to stop building its F-150 Lightning from mid-November through the end of the year amid lower-than-expected demand for the electric pickup.​

Bob Wilson