Comment on New Rules Could Force Tesla to Redesign Its Door Handles. That’s Harder Than It Sounds

skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  they got lazy, they fully adopted the electronic one, and dint want to “waste money” bringing back the old one, in thier recent and future models.

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• WALLACE@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Cars are designed up to 5 years in advance. Usually the last 2 years before production is dedicated to endurance testing.

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  • BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Tesla doesn’t do any of that, nor crash testing

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    • rabber@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A quick search says they do crash testing, is this bullshit?

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      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Of course they do crash testing, you can go watch videos of it if you want. That’s just a bot, or someone who knows fuck all.

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They’re not being expected to design a whole new car from scratch though, are they.

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  • KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So how do they deal with routine and unexpected defects that every manufacturer deals with for every model?

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    • SaraTonin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well, it was found that water pools in the chassis of the Cybertruck, corroding it. They dealt with this by telling consumers not to get it wet and make taking it through a carwash void the warrantee.

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    • Honytawk@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Fix them after 5 years of course! /s

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  • argarath@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    They don’t have to redesign an entire car, just the internal parts of a door that are related to a handle, that in the past they made work mechanically btw, so no, 2 years is more than enough to redesign and start implementing it

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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  • pahlimur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Redesigning the handle by 2027 is stupid easy. I have an masters in mechanical engineering, this could be done with mostly off the shelf parts. Tesla is being a bitch like normal.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Your skill doesn’t translate into supply chain management, testing timelines, manufacturing setups, all that. Dad was a civil engineer. Didn’t mean he could run a road laying company.

      Shit. Forgot where I was. My post is sucking Elon’s dick and excusing Tesla for fuck ups.

      FFS, the issues I’m citing are in the article and they’re not quotes from Tesla. Lay off the fucking witch hunt.

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      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        so in your mind, what happens when a recall occurs and some defective part is replaced with another part? do you think they run these replacements through all your supply chain management testing setups all that huh?

        or they don’t replace the defects?

        ?

        no, this happens all the time. it allows manufacturers to respond to systems that didn’t age well, or didn’t stand up to public users, or children, or was unsafe in a way that didn’t present itself during testing. these things happen. manufacturers make adjustments, replace parts, change software, and put it back out on the road.

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      • pahlimur@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I work in supply chain and manufacturing now lol. Tesla is a major fuck up of a company.

        I worked with some of their engineers after they left and they aren’t very bright.

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      • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Shit. Forgot where I was. My post is sucking Elon’s dick and excusing Tesla for fuck ups.

        Unironically yes, you’re all over this story flooding the zone with shit to try discrediting the whole thing, despite having nothing of substance to offer beyond asserting that nobody knows anything except for you and Elon.

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      • reptar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        No dude, your post acts like this couldn’t be anticipated, never mind reported on for years.

        Seriously, how many models did Tesla need to figure this out for? They didn’t have a plan 2 years ago?

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      • iloveDigit@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Idk, “off the shelf parts” seemed pretty clear

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The problem is not the handle, it’s the fact the mechanism only works with 12V DC power.

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I read the article, and I’m calling bullshit on the excuses they’re putting up. The fact that they usually prefer a five year cycle, does not mean that it’s difficult to change the handles on the doors in two years if you need to.

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