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Image Unavailable, Please Login NEWS The Tesla Cybertruck wiper blade saga continues IMAGE CREDIT: FRANZ VON HOLZHAUSEN/TWITTER Image Unavailable, Please Login ByWilliam Johnson Posted on March 11, 2023 The Tesla Cybertruck continues to run into hurdles regarding the design of its windshield wiper blade. The story of the Tesla Cybertruck’s windshield wiper is a long and, thus far, fruitless one. CEO Elon Musk has even gone as far as lamenting that the Cybertruck’s windshield wiper “is what troubles [him] most.” Now, it seems the design has run into another hurdle but may be helped by a recently granted patent. The United States requires that 80% of a windshield be covered by the arc of a windshield wiper, thus ensuring that drivers have the best possible visibility, no matter the conditions. Numerous times in history, this has forced savvy car designers to choose strange and downright complex windshield wiper designs to fit their vehicle’s sleek profiles. Such is the case of the Tesla Cybertruck. In the now well-known photo shared by Tesla Head of Design, Franz von Holzhausen, the Cybertruck is seen slightly dirty and had been forced to use its single massive wiper blade to clean its windshield, thus showing that much of the top corner of the window had not been reached. It remains unclear if the wiper design has achieved the 80% coverage requirement, but we do know that Elon Musk has specified that this will not be the production design. But what could Tesla implement next? That brings us to a recently granted Tesla patent for windshield wiper movement. In keeping with the current design, it only uses one massive wiper blade to reach all the way across the window, but in the patent, the base of the wiper is also moveable. This allows the hinge point to shift along the bottom of the window frame and thus allows for more coverage of the window with a single wiper blade. Image Unavailable, Please Login Credit: Tesla Patent Application USPTO Tesla has not specified if this new patent design will be used in the coming Cybertruck, but with the design challenge still very much on the table, Tesla engineers may be forced to think outside of the box. They'll get that windshield clean yet.
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Love it Andrew! Used to work for a guy who would say " Looks like you went to Home Depot and bought the supplies for that design" Probably applies here.
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It's a kinda cool weird to me - and maybe even more stout in 7/8's scale? Though also humor the Marlin, and so would likely have to fire myself if in the car bidness!
Not sure how the windshield wiper passes US specs. I can't believe it will pass Euro specs without another wiper on the other side
It's an example of a single wiper that moves in a non-traditional way. Mercedes extended the wiper during the stroke to reach the corners of the windscreen, while Tesla seems to be going for moving the base of the wiper blade: Image Unavailable, Please Login https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-wiper-blade-2023/ Based on that patent application, it doesn't look like the Tesla wiper blade will stay confined to the drivers side of the windshield and the base of the arm will move. All the best, Andrew.
I think it'll look a lot like that, but the blade will lean inwards as it gets to the edges because the windshield is narrower at the top than it is at the bottom. In the diagram above, it's leaning in a bit when it's near the side. All the best, Andrew.
IMO, that windshield glass is going to be glare central. Any dust or dirt will turn completely white at sunrise or sunset or going up a hill towards the sun. If the wiper isn't very good at cleaning its going to be an issue.
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