Ancestors

Written by Urban Hermit on 2025-01-09 at 16:21

A quote from an article in Wired:

Musk has stated that the Cybertruck’s silhouette was designed to be aggressive. “It is an armored personnel carrier from the future,” wrote Musk in October 2019, and then again in November 2023, and twice this year.

(Commentary) So, ah, why is a future armored personnel carrier a thing you think would be a growth market for rich civilians in America, Mr. Musk?

[#]IncomeInequality #Consequences

https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-now-has-its-own-illegal-rubberized-cybertruck-on-the-road/#intcid=_wired-article-bottom-recirc_6ca6eae8-b25f-4daa-a5dd-0f6a881244cc_roberta-similarity1

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Written by Urban Hermit on 2025-01-09 at 16:37

Major point in the article - the Cybertruck's (and Musk's) complete disregard for the safety of anyone else (no crumple zones, high mass) may make it impossible to get registered in any jurisdiction with adequate safety regulations that try to save the lives of both parties involved in any accidents.

(And again, it is an angular 4WD hatchback, like a AMC Eagle made by an angsty teenager as a welding project.)

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Descendants

Written by Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂🔞 on 2025-01-09 at 16:39

@Urban_Hermit The Cybertruck appears to be built on the principle that in an accident the driver will probably survive and anyone else's life is utterly irrelevant.

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Written by Màrtainn D :Scot_IrnBru: on 2025-01-09 at 19:30

@Black_Flag @Urban_Hermit if it doesn’t have crumple zones then the occupants are at risk of getting injured due to massive deceleration upon impact so even twats that buy the car get to experience the joys of Tesla engineering.

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Written by Ehay2k on 2025-01-10 at 01:33

@ginger_tosser @Black_Flag @Urban_Hermit

Point proven here. Crashed into a wall (and possibly tree) caught fire (!!!) and killed 3.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/3-dead-1-injured-california-cybertruck-crash/story?id=116303040

BTW, if you're curious, look up the stats for the highest fatality rate per vehicle class. Tesla really stands out there, and not in a good way. That's why Elmo wants to get rid of vehicle crash data collection.

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Written by random thoughts on 2025-01-10 at 07:15

@Black_Flag @Urban_Hermit

"Probably" not, since there are no crumple zones in the truck, the human bodies inside are the crumple zones. Back to 50s design patterns, also back to 50s 'how to kill the occupants' with an added function of 'making it extremely hard to escape from a burning vehicle'.

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Written by Sunny on 2025-01-09 at 17:18

@Urban_Hermit

Don't be picking on AMC Eagles... or Matadors, or AMX's. 😉

But good memory!

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