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A Tesla Cybertruck just stopped working after a carwash (qz.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That seems like a real mode but mostly around convenience? Rolling up windows, turning off wipers, neutral/free roll are all things you'd naturally do manually before entering a wash... I can even understand charging capabilities damage from not locking the port and having water forced into it, but none of this explains why a wash would completely kill the truck.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

The huge panel gaps and central wiring harness would explain a car wash being lethal to the cyber truck.

You’ve got panel gaps as big as your thumb on some of those $100k “trucks” and from what I understand, every wiring harness in the car feeds back to one central harness. Get water anywhere on a live contact and it’s going to short something.

“Thermonuclear explosion proof glass” but it can’t handle a standard gas station car wash. Put away your guns and hydrogen bombs, guys. All you need to bring down the Pedestrian Crusher 9000 is a super soaker with some salt water.