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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Kari Paul

What the Cybertruck’s many failures mean for Tesla

A gun-metal gray, space-age-looking, boxy car. (It's a pickup truck but you can't see this unless you're directly above it.)
Tesla Cybertruck at the SAE WCX conference in Detroit, Michigan, on 18 April 2024. Photograph: Rebecca Cook/Reuters

Tesla recalled all Cybertrucks Friday after federal safety regulators contacted the company over malfunctions with the vehicle’s accelerator pedal. New Cybertruck orders have been reportedly cancelled or stalled. The news follows numerous reports of embarrassing Cybertruck failures.

The recall represents a major blow to Tesla, which has weathered a difficult year, seeing poor earnings reports in recent quarters as competing Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers encroach on the electric vehicle market.

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