Tesla Cybertruck • Hacker News Board

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#61

Post by shadykiller » Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

It’s gonna cut any pedestrians it hits into half

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#62

Post by Danieru » Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

Does the US not have pedestrian safety standards? An all metal front grill must be horrible on any safety tests.

I can only assume this is a joke and in a few hours Elon will do a "one more thing" before showing the real Tesla Pickup.

This take on a pickup looks like some engineer accidentally left their Halo fan-art on the shared CAD file server.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#63

Post by matt-attack » Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:44 AM UTC

dchuk wrote: post #14

This is nearly April fools joke level. Ignoring the individual aesthetic, it just stands in such stark contrast to the rest of the curved, sleek vehicles in their fleet. Surprising.

I literally checked my watch to see the date.

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#64

Post by atonse » Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:45 AM UTC

You 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 hastily put together (probably as a response to the other pickup truck press). But for an Elon presentation, this is pretty normal (high awkwardness).

Signed, Model 3 Driver (who loves his car).

Re: Tesla Cybertruck

#65

Post by acidburnNSA » Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 4:45 AM UTC

Given 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.