tfmMA to Too Dumb To ImagineEnglish · 1 day agoGluedgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27114855 Tesla Recalls Most Cybertrucks Because the Trim Is Just Glued On
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoNobody at Gizmodo has ever worked in the automotive industry. It’s absolutely amazing how far automotive adhesives have come. I think many people would be shocked to learned how many parts on their car are “simply glued” together. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=automotive+adhesives&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images But it has to be the right adhesive for the material, then prepped and applied right. This clearly wasn’t one of those things.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoYeah, there’s even STRUCTURAL adhesives. Like, not for body panels, but important joints for it to continue to successfully be called a car.
Nobody at Gizmodo has ever worked in the automotive industry. It’s absolutely amazing how far automotive adhesives have come. I think many people would be shocked to learned how many parts on their car are “simply glued” together.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=automotive+adhesives&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images
But it has to be the right adhesive for the material, then prepped and applied right. This clearly wasn’t one of those things.
TIL
Yeah, there’s even STRUCTURAL adhesives. Like, not for body panels, but important joints for it to continue to successfully be called a car.