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Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by xvector »

indecisive_user wrote: post #107
Danieru wrote: post #62

Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards? An all metal front grill must be horrible on any safety tests. I can only assume this is a joke and in a few hours Elon will do a "one more thing" before showing the real Tesla Pickup. This take on a pickup looks like some engineer accidentally left their Halo fan-art on the shared CAD file server.

Don't Teslas have some sort of collision detection that will automatically apply brakes in case of an object in the road? And anyway, I'm not sure why an all metal grill would be worse than the grill guard (cow catcher) already present on a lot of trucks.

Tesla pedestrian collision warning is dangerously ineffective. It passes some tests with flying colors and completely fails other pedestrian safety tests.

Plays into the inconsistent nature of autopilot.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by 01100011 »

gexla wrote: post #104

Yeah, a lot of people talking about how ugly it is. But that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. A big ugly thing with a bed in the back and a lot of utility most people didn't even use. Some models over the years have looked decent. Many have (Ford especially) have been dog ugly. I could see this thing taking off, though not sure how rural truck owners would take to electric. Edit: On second thought, rural tru…

> that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. A big ugly thing

As a former truck owner I have to disagree. I like modern trucks and with a few exceptions think they've looked great since they were invented. The truck shown by Tesla does not appeal to me.

Frankly I think it's odd how one-sided the upvotes are going in this thread. I really don't think Tesla would bother astroturfing on HN so I dunno... I guess HN folks really like the design. Personally I just don't see it having wide appeal, especially among truck owners.

A Ford F150 for example, looks 'masculine'. The Tesla truck looks... sterile? It's like comparing a sledgehammer to a scalpel.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by L_226 »

waiseristy wrote: post #306

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

I agree, it looks like a stealth bomber fucked a Prius.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by syshum »

nimbius wrote: post #252

Great truck. Very exotic design, excellent price point, However, there was one statement that stood out as a MASSIVE mistake: >The glass is stronger than standard car glass Please stop doing this. Audi and Mercedes pulled this gimmicky crap about 8 years ago until they realized samaritans, Firefighters and EMT's need to be able to breech safety-glass windows in the event you become entrapped in the vehicle (possibly…

>Great truck. Very exotic design, excellent price point,

Hmm as a long time Truck Buyer I am not impressed with the design at all, nor the specs, nor the price.

>Please, the vehicle already looks like the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier from Aliens.

I wish, no this looks like some on put a Truck bed on a Pontiac Trans sport minivan from the 90's

This Truck buyer will be waiting for the Electric F150, that is for sure

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by varjag »

fiblye wrote: post #331
waiseristy wrote: post #306

I feel like I am taking crazy pills with the amount of good sentiment to this design. This thing is absolutely fugly. The guys over at Rivian must be having a party right now.

It looks like some old cyberpunk idea of what the future would look like. For that, I love the design. But it’s absolutely hideous without taking it in the context of resembling sci-fi. The wheels just look goofy. Now if it concealed the tires, it’d look great. Just a solid block of metal. But it’d also be hell for maintenance.

Goofy? Having driven through rural America this summer, the thing will fall right in.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by syshum »

Danieru wrote: post #62

Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards? An all metal front grill must be horrible on any safety tests. I can only assume this is a joke and in a few hours Elon will do a "one more thing" before showing the real Tesla Pickup. This take on a pickup looks like some engineer accidentally left their Halo fan-art on the shared CAD file server.

>>Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards?

Yes we do, get out of the way.

Outside of major cities there are almost no pedestrians in the US, the only time people walk in the US is when our car/truck is broken..

and with Uber we do not even have to do that now... Technology is great :)

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by dgzl »

hooloovoo_zoo wrote: post #291
nimbius wrote: post #252

Great truck. Very exotic design, excellent price point, However, there was one statement that stood out as a MASSIVE mistake: >The glass is stronger than standard car glass Please stop doing this. Audi and Mercedes pulled this gimmicky crap about 8 years ago until they realized samaritans, Firefighters and EMT's need to be able to breech safety-glass windows in the event you become entrapped in the vehicle (possibly…

Not sure what you're worried about; all you need to break in is a lightly thrown metal ball.

I still can't tell how much of that was planned.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

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Post by hinkley »

Since nobody else has commented on this, I’d like to address the jackass who kept shouting to shoot the car with a gun:

You want him to fire live rounds in a room full of people. Live rounds that we are expecting to ricochet.

Stop watching action movies and go the fuck outside, you absolute unit.

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