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Tesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car wash (www.theregister.com)

submitted 6 months ago by EdibleFriend@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: 'Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage'

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How hard does it have to be raining to require car wash mode?

[–] farcaster@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Car washing mode prevents the automatic wipers from triggering and the charging port from opening, so neither get damaged from the spinning brushes of an automatic car wash. It has nothing to do with whatever caused this issue.

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

So Tesla says they will have the Full Self Driving very soon now for real, but the car can't figure out by itself it's in a car wash.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Many different brands have a car wash mode for the very same reason. This is not a Tesla thing exclusively.