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[Cybertruck safety issue news] There's a safety issue with the Gigawiper. (driveteslacanada.ca)
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[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus fucking christ. If they wanted to cut costs why didn't they just use normal fucking wipers? Like anyone would have actually cared if the thing just had normal wipers.

[–] BigBoyKarlLiebknecht@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It reminds me of how normal silly sports cars just use parts bin items for stuff like this - the McLaren F1 uses the tail lights from a Bova Futura bus for fuck’s sake:

https://www.retromotor.co.uk/features/cars-share-same-rear-lights/

They work fine and the car is still ridiculous

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Thanks for that link. A fun read.