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.

  • Chreutz@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I know it’s fun to bash Tesla every now and then for their ridiculous things.

    But do you really think, after making 4 vehicles with top of the line safety, that they will just say ‘eh, fuck it’ with the cybertruck?

    It’s an aluminum casting base construction, just like the Model Y, so why would there be no crumble zones?

    • hperrin@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      There are crumple zones, they’re just not as big as those in competing trucks. But yeah, the safety comparison is probably negligible, what really makes me think it’s a bad truck is the design of the bed. It’s got slanted walls. That really limits what you can haul and how you can get it into the bed.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Let’s be real. No one is hauling anything in this truck. In my experience the more expensive truckk the less its actually used for anything.

        The entire cybertruck fleet hauling completed by 2030 is probably the equivalent to one year of 01 Nissan Frontiers…

    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      11 months ago

      Really think they will just say ‘eh fuck it’

      Were talking about Elon here. Yes, I do think so. In addition, don’t give too much credit, the other vehicles would always be inherently safer because they’re electric.