•  TehPers   ( @TehPers@beehaw.org ) 
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    1111 months ago

    Look, I applaud them for trying to be unique, but man that has to be the ugliest vehicle I’ve ever seen. As for concerns about it’s safety, I’d be concerned too considering how little space there appears to be between the driver and the front of the vehicle. Also, the last thing you want on a 30mph road is an acceleration pedal that immediately tries to show off how fast it can hit 60mph.

  • “Unlike Europe, the U.S. doesn’t require cars be tested for safety before they are allowed to be sold to the public,” said David Zipper, a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School whose work focuses on transportation policy.

    “We let car companies decide for themselves when it’s safe,” he explained.

    I’m sorry, what???

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    It’s a trend that has some concerned about Tesla’s new Cybertruck, a 6,800-pound electric behemoth with sports-car acceleration that experts say will be lethal to pedestrians and occupants of lighter vehicles.

    Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety — a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization — said the Cybertruck poses a variety of threats to pedestrians.

    Brooks said the Cybertruck’s extreme acceleration capabilities, combined with its weight, means that drivers will have less time to react to pedestrians, and collisions with them will be deadlier.

    Cybertruck adds to a growing list of trucks on the roads that have eschewed gas-powered engines for battery-powered electricity, with competitors from Ford and Chevrolet to the upstart Rivian introducing models.

    “Unlike Europe, the U.S. doesn’t require cars be tested for safety before they are allowed to be sold to the public,” said David Zipper, a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School whose work focuses on transportation policy.

    Brooks, of the Center for Auto Safety, said the vehicle’s stainless-steel construction makes him question whether it has sufficient crumple zones — usually made from plastic composites — the lack of which would increase the force upon occupants in the event of a crash.


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  •  4dpuzzle   ( @tesseract@beehaw.org ) 
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    211 months ago

    The nose looks like it is designed to send the pedestrian under the truck in case of a collision. US-based pickup designs are as if pedestrians’ lives have no value at all. This one takes it to the next level - something like ‘pedestrians must die!!!’

  • Henry Ford figured out panel gaps and mass production 100+ years ago. Now we have these pieces of shit that look like a first grader drew them on a double dog dare. Besides the fact that this is a vehicle that nobody wants, the production value is trash compared to anything else on the road today.

    Who is actually going to buy this abomination with zero aesthetic value and zero value as a pickup? I just don’t get who they’re attempting to target with this thing.

    • Most pickup drivers don’t need the bed, so the answer is: The same kind of person that buys any other electric pickup, except they are slightly more individualistic. In terms of range and performance, it’s highly competitive in its segment. Still an entirely unnecessary middle finger to the rest of society though, but no more so than a Rivian or Electric F150.

    •  Zworf   ( @Zworf@beehaw.org ) 
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      I don’t think nobody wants it. Elon’s hard-right fans are usually the big-ass truck “look at my car” kinda person and this is made by their hero so they will buy it in droves, I’m sure.