Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck

alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgmod to City Life@beehaw.org – 55 points –
Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck
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Of course there are crumple zones. I have no idea why people are parroting this nonsense. Here's a video that explains it:

https://youtu.be/9ll2_BDZpI4

Did you watch that video? There's no crumple zone! The front end bounces back off that wall almost immediately! When the host was saying he doesn't see a difference, there was a pretty big difference in how the cybertruck bounced backwards but the truck settled down.

i feel like, at most, it would be accurate to say "this has a rather bad crumple zone that is liable to turning you into chunky marinara on the interior of your car". by modern standards it's hilarious

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So that doesn't really debunk the statement. Like the other comment says, the Cybertruck bounces a lot more than the F150. Tesla says the underside of the front end is designed to break apart, but from what I can see online the actual safety is still up in the air.

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