EdibleFriend@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car washwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1764arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkTesla Cybertruck turns into world's most expensive brick after car washwww.theregister.comEdibleFriend@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square182fedilinkfile-text
Bulletproof? Is it waterproof? Ts&Cs say: ‘Failure to put Cybertruck in Car Wash Mode may result in damage’
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoHow hard does it have to be raining to require car wash mode?
minus-squarefarcaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoCar 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.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-22 months agoSo 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.
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMany different brands have a car wash mode for the very same reason. This is not a Tesla thing exclusively.
How hard does it have to be raining to require car wash mode?
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.
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.
Many different brands have a car wash mode for the very same reason. This is not a Tesla thing exclusively.