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FortNine did a great rundown on this phenomenon last year: "Grilles That Kill" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpuX-5E7xoU
NJB did as well: https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
Of course the stereotype doesn't always apply, I certainly know people who have transporting bicycles as a major use case for their truck.
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Trucks in general are awful for pedestrians and other motorists, but the Cybertruck is made specifically of sharp angles that will rip and tear more than a big flat vertical wall running into you.
The front is rounded which is the place you'll hit in the vast majority of cases.
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It looks like it's designed to inflict maximum harm, but it seems that it's actually less likely to kill you than an F-150 or Silverado or Ram. It has a lower hood height which is the aspect that has been hypothesized to be the reason that trucks kill pedestrians at a much greater rate than cars. I'm not trying to condone Cybertruck here. I hope the Cybertruck becomes a rallying cry to mandate pedestrian safety in th…
Are there enough Cybertrucks on the roads for us to detect their danger levels statistically? I’ve never seen one and I don’t live in the middle of nowhere or anything…
I wonder if this extremely dangerours recall was posted on HN... >Ford Recalls 29,500 F-150 Lightning EVs for Loss of Steering Risk
It's actually not a bad truck if you bought one in the past half year or so. They worked out a majority of the kinks. FSD works really darn good as well.
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Only for US made Tesla's. I live in Australia. We get Chinese made Tesla's here, and they have better fit and finish than the BYD's (as good as most other cars you care to name). It's odd. The USA can make quality cars. Not Lexus quality, but cars you would be happy to own if they weren't so expensive. USA Tesla is the counter example. It makes you wonder about those self promoting stories from Elon about he saved th…
> The USA can make quality cars. Not Lexus quality Lexus makes cars in the US. They have Lexus quality by definition. :P
It's easy to use waste disposal systems that comply with the clean water act.
It's easy to provide a safe working environment and worker's compensation for people who get injured on the job.
It just costs more, so Tesla doesn't do it.
I do not like the Cybertruck, the company that makes it, nor the man who owns said company. That being said, I still appreciate seeing them out on the road as an example of what's effectively a concept car that made it to production. It also looks cool and stands apart aesthetically from pretty much everything else on the market, even if the giant 1-piece wiper and black plastic wheel well trim pieces mar the clean l…
The only reason any non-car enthusiasts remember the DeLorean is because it was cast in a popular movie franchise.
Doc, you made a time machine ... out of a Cybertruck?
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Are there enough Cybertrucks on the roads for us to detect their danger levels statistically? I’ve never seen one and I don’t live in the middle of nowhere or anything…
The problem is that Cybertruck drivers are likely to have a boisterous driving style which may skew the results - what other kind of personality would purchase a vehicle that is less practical than other trucks, less practical than other EVs and, whether we like it or not, carries a signal to other people on the road.
What leads you to believe that?
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Trucks in general are awful for pedestrians and other motorists, but the Cybertruck is made specifically of sharp angles that will rip and tear more than a big flat vertical wall running into you.
Buses are terrible too
Or consider the licensing requirements (class 2 + an air brake endorsement here in BC), and how difficult it is to buy, and store, a 40' bus, compared to any modern truck.
This is a daft comparison that only serves to muddy the waters, and attempts to excuse excessively large modern trucks