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Tesla Cybertruck
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#822Whats with that logo? Is tagging cool again?
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#823I'm worried about being on the road with these. If they are as indestructable as suggested/demonstrated, it seems like everyone else on the road becomes the crumple zone for both vehicles. Perhaps the anti-dent is different from crumple zone considerations, but definitely a bit intimidating to share the road with.
And does it only come in one color (stainless)?
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#824Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.
You know the answer to this. People like status, image, and power.
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#825Yeah, 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 f…
This is basically cultural conditioning and selection bias. You've already owned a truck, you think they look great, you think they're masculine, you compare it to a sledgehammer. It seems marketing has worked very effectively on you.
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#826I'm a child of the 80s. I remember StarFox and the F-117 stealth plane being the neatest stuff ever. The old lambo countache with the faceted shape that was almost starwars-y and was the coolest thing on wheels. I'm nostalgic about those things. So this polygonal look is targeting my demo. ... That is the goddamned ugliest vehicle I've ever seen.
It looks like you can drive it into a lake and then it turns into a submarine. I bet he's gonna unlock that feature a few months after people bought it, and why the windows are "unbreakable"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeBqf6bYZak
Musk has actually said outright he was inspired by that film.
Re: Tesla Cybertruck
#827I'm worried about being on the road with these. If they are as indestructable as suggested/demonstrated, it seems like everyone else on the road becomes the crumple zone for both vehicles. Perhaps the anti-dent is different from crumple zone considerations, but definitely a bit intimidating to share the road with. And does it only come in one color (stainless)?
There might be a practical reason it's not painted: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/1/18291091/tesla-epa-fine-ha...
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#828Stupid question: what’s up with trucks in urban areas? I understand the utility of a truck in rural/farm setting but never figured why folks want to lug around that pointless empty half while living in cities. Two of the folks I know who owns trucks have used empty halfs probably twice in a year when bringing home some furniture but that too could have delivered free by the store. Again, as I said, stupid question.
I live in a northern Midwest suburb, in a region that receives a lot of snow in the winter. I have driven older trucks my whole life, in part because of of the 4x4 capability for winter driving. I also enjoy being the guy who keeps a tow strap in the toolbox and hauls people out of ditches. Hard to do that without a heavy 4x4 vehicle. When you have the bed, you realize there are a lot more uses for it than you might…
I once pulled a rather Jeep out of a ditch in my old Volvo 240 station wagon. At low speeds basically every 100+ HP vehicle is traction limited. It also did surprisingly well in the snow with a little practice and good tires.
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#829This thing looks like one of those low-poly svgs used while loading the full thing; I keep expecting an actual truck to appear, but no dice.
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#830So... it looks like they stuck a solid steel shell on a passenger vehicle.
Many of the safety gains that cars have shown in the past few decades come from strategic crumple zones and the like.
So how does this stand up in terms of actual safety? This seems like it reverses many of our advancements.