…And it’s horribly ugly to boot.
Cybertruck's Many Recalls
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So is the media sensationalist, or what I need to read to understand the media was sensationalist? :)
(sorry, I'm just cranky about Duh Media characterization in general. there's a wide set of experiences in this world, and its not nefarious to describe some of them!)
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Radically new and stupid and should be illegal design. It’s a death machine for pedestrians.
Aren't all trucks? Wouldn't the sensor suite and auto-braking make it maybe somewhat safer? Is this something that gets tested for by car manufacturers?
In Europe for one that are regulations that make sure that cars are as safe for pedestrians as possible.
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#145man, the internet is being so weird about this truck it's absurd. Like its shape is weird and 'dangerous', but the F150, RAM truck etc etc are MORE dangerous shape wise, but because it has a 'conventional' shape and the change happened gradually, some how it's ok? The strangest was the carrot test, they kept doing this test the Cyber truck frunk... but guess what, same happens if you put carrots across the opening of…
I have a fatal attraction to a good overwrought get off my lawn, but I can't get over that there's a jump in paragraph 2 I can't follow. What do you mean by shape? Generally, safety is proportional to the relative weight of your car in the collision. The F150, generously, is 2/3 the weight. (median F150 vs. lowest cybertruck) Generally, when people discuss car safety in the context of SUVs, they're discussing this we…
> What do you mean by shape?
If publications want to talk about bad truck shapes in good faith, talk about ALL truck shapes! Singling out the truck made by Tesla when the trucks made by other American automakers is just as dangerous is obvious click bait, and just pollutes the EV news scape.
> The F150, generously, is 2/3 the weight. (median F150 vs. lowest cybertruck)
Also I was referring to the line in this article where they talk about how it doesn't meet EU regulations, which leads to another article[1] of their, which talks a LOT about cybertruck's bad front shape... (which I must mention for clarity, IS bad)... but make no mention of the even WORSE shapes by other competing American trucks.
Because the fact is... Tesla sells clicks. They reference a letter [2] by the NGO protesting about the (private) import of this particular turck... but said NGO's website makes no mention of OTHER dangerous american trucks privately imported to europe and parading about. The story is not the shape or pedestrian safety... it's click.
[1]: https://www.wired.com/story/a-rubberized-cybertruck-is-ploug...
[2]: https://www.transportenvironment.org/uploads/files/2024-10-0...
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Btw, I am not in Europe. I live in a 3rd world country, not sure where I gave that insinuation.
TL:DR; ALL american trucks are terribly shaped and designed or whatever. ALL american trucks have multiple other issues and recalls... as is routine with the damn things.
Yet this particular stupid truck gets posted because it's click bait, NOT because there is some actual information to be gained. We should downvote such clickbait pollution on our feeds.
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#146The article notes that the most recent recall was a physical one, not a software update, and implies that that was unusual. I wonder if you exclude "recalls" resolved by software updates, for all cars, where it would rank then?
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In a vacuum I would agree with you, but it fails in lots of predictable ways, and doesnt really offer any utility as a new design. And where they tried to engineer around these issues they often over engineered instead of removing the problem. I honestly like the way it looks, but I am happy I never preordered it or anything. The reviews are shocking. Even the positive reviews tend to hyperfocus on situations that ca…
> doesnt really offer any utility as a new design This is true of most automobile design. There are legitimate criticisms of Musk and Tesla. "I don't like how someone else's car looks" is not one of them.
It is tho. Car are symbols for most people, not just a tool that has 4 wheel.
Cybertruck are the equivalent of a pair of thick nerdy glasses.
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No more a death machine than a Cadillac Escalade or a Dodge ram truck. There's lots of criticisms you can make about the cybertruck that are exclusive to the cybertruck but this isn't one. This complaint is about bad drivers. The rise of all the driver assist technology is enabling bad drivers to believe that they are better than they are. This is across vehicle brands.
The existence of other death machines that should not be legal does not undermine the parent's point that this death machine should be illegal. I don't think they said only the cyber truck should be illegal.
You're trying to say the machine itself is the problem, when it's not the machine it's the operator. You're trying to shift blame here.
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#149Why there is always so much fuss about labels? Across so many different domains. Cars needed OTA update to be driven safely. Why is it important whether we call it a recall or not?
I am not trying to make a point here. Clearly some people care about that. I'm legitimately curious why.
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I have a fatal attraction to a good overwrought get off my lawn, but I can't get over that there's a jump in paragraph 2 I can't follow. What do you mean by shape? Generally, safety is proportional to the relative weight of your car in the collision. The F150, generously, is 2/3 the weight. (median F150 vs. lowest cybertruck) Generally, when people discuss car safety in the context of SUVs, they're discussing this we…
I think the parent comment classifies the F150 as dangerous not to the driver but to everyone around it.
exactly, Pedestrian safety of all american trucks is terrible, yet we don't hear about the big speeding wall that are the 'conventional' american truck... but apparently the cyber truck is a pedestrian predator they 'suddenly' discovered.
Either do something about the terrible truck design... or shut up and tolerate the cyber truck like you tolerate the F150 EV or whatever.
Fluff like this just pollutes the EV news space without providing any new info.