Elon Musk addresses Cybertruck door hole reviewer, says 'worst half I've ever seen in a manufacturing car'

• Elon Musk addressed issues concerning the Cybertruck panel hole on Tuesday.
• The Cybertruck he reviewed was reported by YouTuber Marques Brownlee to have a big hole within the door.
• Musk stated the issue with Brownlee's truck was associated to a free door striker and could possibly be shortly mounted at a service middle.

Elon Musk was fast to handle issues about panel gaps on the Tesla Cybertruck after tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee described the alignment difficulty on his door as “the worst I've ever seen in a manufacturing car.”

In a evaluation of the electrical pickup, Brownlee identified shortcomings in his evaluation of the truck's exterior.

Brownlee stated after closing the driving force's facet door, “I feel there's going to be one thing fallacious with this door as a result of it appears prefer it's open. That's fairly dangerous. I've by no means seen a spot that dangerous earlier than.” Hanging open about half an inch.

“It's most likely a kind of issues the place I'll must carry it to Tesla. They'll tighten up some issues and it'll appear effective, however in the event you get a decrease VIN you'll most likely must take care of the identical factor with the Cybertruck,” he stated.

In response to a display seize of the door hole in Brownlee's evaluation, Musk stated he's seen the issue in about 15 vans.

“There isn’t a 'door match' difficulty,” Musk wrote on X.

“It takes 5 minutes to repair in service and it's taken care of in manufacturing,” Musk stated.

Miles Somerville, producer of Brownlee's present, instructed Enterprise Insider that he got here up with a “non permanent repair” – gaffers tape. Somerville stated he positioned tape on the door striker, the metallic clip that holds the door latch, so it was flush with the car.

“I feel a door striker must be comparatively easy in order that supply doesn't go haywire,” Somerville stated in an e mail remark.

A Tesla spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Even earlier than Tesla deliveries started in November, Tesla followers identified prototypes of the truck with poor panel alignment. Final yr, The Wall Avenue Journal reported that as a result of the truck's stainless-steel physique was made from metallic that got here in massive coils, it was liable to bending and making an attempt to renew its earlier form. , even whether it is flattened.

Musk reportedly additionally commented on the difficulty forward of the truck's launch. CNBC reported in August that Tesla's CEO emailed workers saying the truck's design required excessive precision in measurements and that “any dimensional variations stick out like a sore thumb.”