Over the last couple of days, Tesla has actually postponed some Cybertruck shipment. The business hasn’t defined why and even openly talked about the hold-ups, however commenters in the Cybertruck Owners Club online forum have actually reported getting texts or calls informing them their shipments were being rescheduled.
One user stated they ‘d been informed by their dealership that the truck was remembered over its accelerator pedal. Another declared Tesla sent them a text stating it’s not scheduling shipments at the minute for the very same factor. Numerous others reported getting texts about problems with “the preparation of your lorry.”
An Elon Musk fan account called @WholeMarsBlog published on X that shipments have actually been stopped for 7 days, however that hasn’t been verified, and Tesla did not react to The Verge‘s e-mail. (The business dissolved its PR department years earlier and does not generally react to press reporter concerns.)
The problem itself might be that the accelerator pedal is vulnerable to getting stuck. A Cybertruck owner published a video to TikTok demonstrating how their accelerator pedal cover got stuck and “held the accelerator down 100 percent, complete throttle.” They stated pushing the brake stopped the truck from continuing to speed up, however if they slow down, it would begin going once again. That’s not a fantastic scenario for any truck, not to mention one that weighs practically 7,000 pounds and can strike 60mph from a dead stop in less than 3 seconds.
Another user composed in the Cybertruck Owners Club online forum at the start of April that their truck sped up into a signal pole, obviously by itself, which neither the brake pedal nor the air bags worked.
Tesla is dealing with– and has actually dealt with– a lot of legal and regulative examination over its items, its owner, its organization, and its labor practices, however up until now, declares that its vehicles can speed up by themselves have not actually stuck (pardon the pun). The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration blamed user mistake in its 2021 evaluation of grievances of Tesla lorries speeding up by themselves. Prior to that, Tesla settled the majority of a class action claim in 2018 referring to comparable claims, preventing a trial.