C'mon, Elon.
It's not necessarily uncommon for steering wheels to degrade over time, but timing is key. Renderings of the yokes — which, as it's worth noting, CEO Elon Musk— were first debuted just last March, and thus the Model S vehicles that actually have them really haven't even been available for very long.
To that note: this sort of problem can likely be chalked up to insufficient testing, which in turn is probably the result of a rush to market. But given someabout Tesla's alleged money issues, it's not terribly surprising that he'd push something out too early — to him, wasted time is money lost, and revenue, apparently, has been very much on his mind this summer.
Of course, this isn't the first time that the billionaire's vehicles have faced quality concerns. The automaker's still-unavailable Cybertruck has been widely mocked for being
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