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Penny Arcade had this comic, a few days ago (about the CyberTruck): https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2024/04/22/cyberyuck

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How is this related to the linked NHTSA report, which so far as I can tell is about issues with Tesla's Autopliot system and not the accelerator pedal issue? Also, I get that comics aren't the place to go for thoughtful analysis and hard hitting investigative reporting, but I'm struggling to extract anything meaningful from that comic aside from an inane "DAE Tesla drivers bad?".

Even the associated article seems to be less about the Cybertruck (it only gives a brief synopsis of the accelerator pedal issue) and more about Bethesda.

>I'm struggling to extract anything meaningful from that comic aside from an inane "DAE Tesla drivers bad?".

That is indeed the entirety of it.

Cybertruck is this generation's Hummer H1, and those jokes went on for over a decade.

> extract anything meaningful from that comic

Speaking only for myself, the only thing I usually am interested in "extracting" from comics, is humor.

If it is not funny to you, then that makes me sad, but I think a number of other folks seemed to find some utility in it.

Are the pedals really being pop-riveted back into place? Tesla isn't known for build quality but that is just horrible.

what might be an acceptable solution here? just curious

Bolt + locktite. Then refinished/repaint/treat the underlying metal to prevent future corrosion from new hole. The pedal is now in metal-to-metal contact with the pan, in a damp environment. That means differential metal issues.

I don't really see the problem with pop rivets in that application. What's the issue?

Pop rivets loosen, loosen in a way that cannot be tightened. They should use engineered bolts/nuts secured with locktite. If those do slip, they can re-tightened. Pop rivets must be cut off and replaced. You won't see pop rivets on any other cars, not since the 1940s. ("Blind" rivet are different than pop rivets)

If they are pop-riveting, then I assume they are doing this on the cheap and are also not treating/protecting the metal. They are probably just drilling through without worry about future corrosion issues.

What do you think the difference between a pop rivet and a blind rivet is? There are different types of blind rivet fastening systems with different properties, but the words are absolutely used interchangeably. Also, blind rivets are used extensively in automotive applications.

I do think this fix looks quite shoddy in general, but I don't think a bolt/nut would be a better solution in that location.

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