In case you consider every little thing you learn on the web, then Tesla is nearing mass manufacturing of its angular monstrosity, additionally often called the Cybertruck. However away from the excited announcement, points with constructing the large truck are nonetheless plain to see.

Earlier this week, after getting behind the wheel of an obvious “manufacturing candidate” in Texas, Tesla boss Elon Musk outlined a few of the challenges with constructing the ridiculous car.

Electrek studies that Musk despatched an e-mail out to Tesla staff outlining a few of his ideas on the truck’s construct high quality, explaining that as a result of the design requires huge sheets of angular metal, the corporate can have no room for a few of the high quality management points that plagued its previous fashions. In accordance with Electrek, Musk stated:

“Because of the nature of Cybertruck, which is manufactured from vivid steel with principally straight edges, any dimensional variation reveals up like a sore thumb.​

“All elements for this car, whether or not inside or from suppliers, should be designed and constructed to sub 10 micron accuracy.​”

However what does “sub 10 micron accuracy” truly imply to you and me? Nicely, it’s all concerning the tolerances which can be acceptable in a construct and, in keeping with Musk, this degree is in step with considered one of probably the most advanced merchandise on the market: Lego.

Within the e-mail, Musk says that Tesla must up its practices and start itemizing dimensions “to the third decimal place in millimeters.” He provides that tolerances “want be laid out in single digit microns,” earlier than decreeing “If LEGO and soda cans, that are very low price, can do that, so can we.​”

Now, I’m not one to inform somebody how one can construct automobiles, however absolutely if Musk needed to be so pernickety about this he ought to have alerted engineers and staff on the plant some time in the past? Tesla says mass manufacturing of the Cybertruck is on the horizon, so both engineers have already been doing their job and making these minute measurements for years, during which case this complete notice is a waste of everybody’s time, or they’re about to uncover a complete heap of elements that don’t match very nicely.

What’s extra, I can’t assist however suppose that Lego is an odd firm for Tesla to check its manufacturing with. On the entire, most merchandise Lego builds are similar injection molded chunks of plastic, and never sophisticated automobiles crammed with unique supplies like glass, metal and cobalt.