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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts::The angular design of Tesla's Cybertruck has safety experts concerned that the electric pickup truck's stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.

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[–] [email protected] 164 points 11 months ago (35 children)

Gonna be real fun to see the crash test rating.

Without crumple zones, all of the kinetic energy goes into the occupants.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 11 months ago (2 children)

OTOH it weighs almost 7000lbs (~3100kg) so it's going to plow through most of everything with its sheer mass.

[–] [email protected] 103 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You'd be surprised how much a concrete pillar holding up an overpass can actually take. They don't break like in the movies, they are specifically designed to take big truck impacts and not fail. Anybody crashing a Cybertruck at highway speeds into one of those is instantly turned into red colored mashed potatoes.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Anybody crashing a Cybertruck at highway speeds into one of those is instantly turned into red colored mashed potatoes

Why does that sound delicious 😭

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It is! In a pressure cooker, you can cook beets in a basket over a layer of potatoes and garlic cloves. The beet drippings turn the potatoes pinkish-red. Super fun for kids.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

But has the pressure cooker been crash tested

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or you can just hang out under a highway overpass with a scoop and a cooler

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Free range. Sustainable harvest. Recycling. Sounds good!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

case in point

We have barriers good enough to stop a fully-loaded semi in effectively zero distance.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Go hit a 10"+ tree in a pickup and see how fast you stop. You can wander over and pick the engine up when it flies out the hood. The tree will loose some bark.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Been there, done that. 0/10. Do not recommend.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Same, hit a small (maybe 5") tree going about 60mph. Came to a complete stop immediately and put my head through the windshield. We went and peeled the license plate off the tree the next day.

I guess it put a little mark on the tree but it was basically fine, completely destroyed the car though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For me it was a rather large tree that I hit at about 100km/h (+60mph). Tree was fine. Car, not so much. The ambulance ride was nice though, and the first responders thought we were extremely lucky to be alive.
Wear your seat belts kids.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I thought a car had to have that before it went on sale?

[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Believe it or not in the USA it’s actually based off of self compliance in the USA. There is no specific government body that has a standardized test that they have to pass to be made legal. The manufacture gets to make that decision themselves, then if there is an issue that the government finds later they can be pulled from the road.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

I hope they get pulled from the road. Problem is, he'll just bribe some government officials

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Yeah have you seen the footage it’s as stiff as the rod up musks butt hole

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's... computer generated. BeamNG maybe?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm pretty sure that's BeamNG, yeah. That sand looks like a texture from Johnson valley, I'm pretty sure the wall they're hitting is either a gas station or a garage model that was placed on a road, and the skid marks from the tires look the same as they do in BeamNG. You can see body panels and doors clipping through the body of the truck on several occasions, too.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Looked convincing at first, but it felt too clean- Then at 7 seconds in, you can watch a white panel clip straight through the door and windshield lol

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Yeah, without a disclaimer and evidence it's modeled correctly it's just straight misinformation at this point.

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