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Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by foooorsyth »

constantly wrote: post #90
thinkingemote wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are still in the motor cars looking like horse drawn carriages without the horses phase. Electric cars don't need ICE engine layouts. It will take a few years until the designers realise they can have cars looking much different as they have more flexibility. I also have hope this truck on the roads will get manufacturers doing something different. Concept cars at car shows should be where we should look first.

Any ideas for how to redesign these? The thought is compelling. I’m thinking about it and even with EVs you’d still want four wheels, want to put the battery flat on the bottom for various reasons. So the base seems like it’s four wheels with a flat platform. Building space for 1-6 people on top thought and I seem to arrive at the same designs that already exist. Thoughts?

>Any ideas for how to redesign these? The thought is compelling.

I recommend anyone interested in the reshaping of EVs for the future take a look at Volvo's "Future of design" video from a couple years back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2jLLCwgt_U&t=84s

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by roflyear »

jejeyyy77 wrote: post #152
owenpalmer wrote: post #113

This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyone to get bigger cars. And the loop continues.

or, spun the other way - you're much more safe inside a cybertruck than any other car on the road.

That doesn't support your argument whatsoever. Generally the safest cars are the cars that break quickly. They absorb energy through breaking.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by doctornoble »

Vicinity9635 wrote: post #262
jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

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Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by golol »

mike_d wrote: post #49
bryanlarsen wrote: post #38

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It should be safer than a normal truck to pedestrians, since it doesn't have a broad front. With a car, the most common scenario is that car hits your legs and then you bounce on the hood. IOW, you don't get the full kinetic energy all at once. With a truck your body takes the full hit and you're more likely to fall under the tires. With a lower, sharper front, the Cybertruck should behave more like a car than a full…

It is the single biggest step backwards in automotive safety in the last ten years. https://www.travelers.com/resources/auto/safe-driving/how-cr...

Just wait until crash test results come out before speculating wildly. Hard shells can also crumple.

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Post by Vicinity9635 »

adamrezich wrote: post #99
jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

how common do you think this perspective is? outside of places like this one, of course. as far as I can tell, the average person's perspective of the guy likely hasn't changed much in the past few years at all.

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Post by [deleted] »

jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

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Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by axlee »

golol wrote: post #258
sophacles wrote: post #222

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Well no, buying from Tesla gives Elon money and legitimacy. If you don't like Musk, why would you contribute to his success?

Musk may be an asshole boss and he may post cringy right wing opinions on X, but trying to boycott his businesses based on those actions is quite disproportionate compared to the behaviors whole industries are engaging in regularly. Elon and his companies are in no way worse for the world than the average car manufacturer or businessman.

He's simply trying to dismantle the Swedish social contract right now, but he's a good boy you see? Let's make him richer and gain more influence!

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by makeitdouble »

adamrezich wrote: post #99
jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

how common do you think this perspective is? outside of places like this one, of course. as far as I can tell, the average person's perspective of the guy likely hasn't changed much in the past few years at all.

I think you're underestimating how much people love drama. Average people don't give a shit about what CEOs do, except when they fire half of a very public company and there's stupid stories to be shared for weeks and weeks.

Same way people still remember Carlos Gohn, when they probably couldn't name WV's CEO.

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