I don't see how anyone could take it seriously when the introduction was to show how unbreakable the windows were.
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From the looks of the crash test results, I might have to buy one of these to get in on the lawsuits that will come from those who are maimed in accidents with them.
I value my bones too much to bother doing that. But seriously, a lot of people are gonna get hurt.
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This doesn't look like a car nor a truck it's a combat vehicle. Seriously, who's impressed by Elon's shooting and steel ball demonstrations? In what kind of failed state do these Tesla customers live? With a tank hull for a frame and sharp edges all around this looks like a serious safety hazard for passengers and especially pedestrians outside the car.
Don't forget in this apocalypse you have reliable charging infrastructure
dont tell dale that gasoline goes bad in 3-6 months, ethanol blends in 4-6.
unless someone fires up an oil refinery no one's driving shit.
Wood gasification, people will be driving it'll just look like the Beverly hillbillies come to town rather than madmax.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator
And yes you can run a car on poop.
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Hummers were a thing. I can easily see those same people buying this.
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The article talking about a Cybertruck racing a Porsche
Electric motors accelerate cars faster than ones with internal combustion engines, so this wasn’t a fair fight.
Nobody's permitted to compare electric cars with internal combustion because electric is faster? I don't understand the logic.
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Why is this thing so goddamn ugly? It's like the designers took all the worst sci-fi vehicles from movies and smushed them into one.
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I feel like this whole article is based on a false premise.
Go to a dealership right now, and try to find any new truck for $36,000. On paper you might be able to get the lowest base model, but in reality good luck with that.
I just checked the dealership near me, and the lowest price for a new vehicle of any kind is 39,400CAD or about 28,000USD. The lowest priced new truck is 66,500CDN, or about 49,300USD.
That's just what the world looks like now thanks to inflation. And that's not a vehicle using expensive battery technology, and that's not a vehicle made out of expensive, difficult to manufacture with stainless steel, it's just the cheapest standard truck at the dealership.
Really, it looks like the cybertruck is about bang on with prices for other EV trucks that aren't made out of entirely stainless steel. Considering that Tesla isn't a budget brand, that doesn't seem unreasonable. Nobody at Tesla is psychic, they couldn't have predicted super high inflation sparked in part due to policies enacted due to a global pandemic, so of course prices rose.
I hate the design a little less now than when it was first revealed. Will reserve my judgement untill I see one in person
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