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This "whompy wheels" thing was brought up by an individual who crusaded against Tesla. He even filed reports to authorities under fake names with images of tota
by _ph_ 6y ago
This "whompy wheels" thing was brought up by an individual who crusaded against Tesla. He even filed reports to authorities under fake names with images of totalled Teslas, he found on the web.
The suspension is a part which can be easily inspected on a car and is one of the parts which is not different on electric cars. Any mechanic can inspect it. How does it come, that beyond that crusader, no one called out Tesla for this? Neither the authorities, nor any mechanic working on Teslas. Check the teardowns by Sandy Munro, who is an automobile expert. He criticised many things about Teslas, but not the construction of the suspension.
- userbinator 6y agoThe suspension is a part which can be easily inspected on a car Parts can be weakened internally and break suddenly, especially those of the cast-alloy that Tesla uses. The aerospace industry has extensive knowledge of that process, and the methods required to detect such defects are well beyond "easily inspected".