there's no way this is what the production version will look like. US still requires side-view mirrors, for instance.
Tesla Cybertruck
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#242Apparently Blade Runner was set yesterday.
Well, we're there folks. Just needs VTOL. ;)
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#243Autopilot?
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#244I love the new look and am curious about if the exoskeleton has crumple points to reduce the kinetic energy imparted to the passengers during a collision.
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#245You couldn't invent a more polar opposite of Steve Jobs than Elon Musk. VERY disorganized presenting. Badly rehearsed. Awkward speech. Speech is almost never in sync with slides. Demos failed spectacularly. The rest of the event was him with a backdrop of two broken windows. They didn't show the interior, and barely talked about the bed. Is this even good as a pickup truck? Is there enough storage? This all seemed ha…
There's something charming about it - even though it has the performance and characteristics of a cheesy off-strip magic show on talent show night
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#246What is the shipping date?
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#247Alright.
So I just wanna step aside and stop drooling over how handsome/ ugly it is and ask a real question.
Has a prototype been created, and shown at any expo?
Or Elon is just gonna squeeze money out of starry eyed buyers now and only then start design + production?
In the past he has been late by months in delivery after making customers shell out money.
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#248Given the sledgehammer test, at least from the side that thing will be very aggressive in a crash. As in, if it runs into you, or if you run into it you will be more injured and/or dead. You generally want a little give on the road in both directions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_incompatibility Looks sweet though.
I was going to make a comment about the hood not being soft enough for pedestrians hitting it, but maybe the computer would prevent such a collision.
That is a poor, poor substitute for passive safety measures...
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#249Yeah, 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…
> Yeah, a lot of people talking about how ugly it is. But that's exactly what a pick-up has always been. That's not universal, these things are common in Australia and look pretty sleek: https://www.google.com/search?q=commodore+ute&safe=active&hl... But even the less pretty ones had that sort of brutal, functional, serious look. This ... does not.
UTE, the symbol of bogan is sleek? These are a joke for anyone but complete degenerates.
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#250If I could only make one goofy comment on HN every week, I'd probably say this looks like a giant lego truck.