Body Panels Flying Off Cybertrucks on Highway, Drivers Report

Tesla's Cybertruck has quickly become an extremely politically charged target of anti-Elon Musk sentiment. The bulky steel tanks seem to court vandals and loathing almost everywhere they go. But when spray paint is the worst a Cybertruck driver has to worry about, they’ve gotten off easy — there are now several reports of the 6,600-pound EVs shedding metal body panels at dangerously high speeds. The Cybertruck is designed with a nine-foot piece of boomerang-shaped window trim on each side. In a typical car, similar bits of body panels are held in place by bolts or else welded to the frame. But the Cybertruck is not a typical car, as one Michigan driver found out the hard way. While driving at highway speeds, the glue holding that piece of frame failed, causing it to rip off. "I ran a quick errand tonight," the driver complained in a post on the Cybertruck Owners Club forum, "and while merging and accelerating on the interstate in normal traffic, at about 70 mph, I heard a loud ripp ... Read full article.