chapotraphouse

An article from last month - Tesla Cybertruck's Gigawiper Is Again in the Spotlight As Wiper Motors Fail Repeatedly.

A Bluesky post about it.

Here's the article I read. Exactly a month ago! Tesla bragged they'd be able to power their giant wiper conglomeration with an 800 watt motor. Might have worked, too, except they installed a 120 watt motor - apparently only twice as strong as your normal car's wiper motor. [...] They may have worked okay under test conditions: limited duration, no wind from the environment or from the car's motion, no vibration or bumps or grit. But its incredible that once they realized their fuckup they didn't implement a fix and issue a physical recall.

I work on vehicle components and there are standard certification tests that cover that stuff. ISO standard tests for all of that. So I’m wondering what they actually did in development.

https://subium.com/profile/warrenterra.bsky.social/post/3kv5h47pl2k2y