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Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by dgrin91 »

Solvency wrote: post #6
xp84 wrote: post #3

I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.

Tesla literally didn't realize the steel comes in coils and it naturally wants to warp back into that state. Massive panel gap problems. As usual. The only thing other car makers are learning is what a joke their design operation is.

SpaceX was using stainless steel for Starship since at least 2019, so pretty sure you are demonstrably wrong here.

Its fun to say space man bad, but don't equate complex production cycles to teams of competent engineers not knowing basics.

Look at the differences between production & preproduction models and you'll see way less issues.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by jtriangle »

sushid wrote: post #13
xp84 wrote: post #3

I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.

While I appreciate the unique design of the Cybertruck, I have a huge concern with its huge size and the potential safety risks for pedestrians. The trend of increasingly larger vehicles, like SUVs and trucks, has already raised issues regarding pedestrian safety. The Cybertruck, being notably larger than most contemporary cars in the same category, could exacerbate this problem, especially if it opens the door to si…

My mazda has absolutely HUGE a-pillars, which are, in my opinion, a far larger threat to pedestrians, than having a simply larger vehicle. Like you can fit a family of 4 with a stroller in mine, I find myself leaning way forward to check that blind spot every time I turn right.

And even that is second fiddle to people using their phones while driving, which is an absolute plague in general, not just for pedestrian safety, but safety overall.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

mavhc wrote: post #36
mike_d wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> because every car people are buying looks identical It is almost like all other car makers know something Tesla does not. Maybe that big reflective flat surfaces are not safe for other drivers on sunny days.

They're not flat surfaces

Not for long, anyway.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by albertgoeswoof »

jtriangle wrote: post #72
sushid wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I appreciate the unique design of the Cybertruck, I have a huge concern with its huge size and the potential safety risks for pedestrians. The trend of increasingly larger vehicles, like SUVs and trucks, has already raised issues regarding pedestrian safety. The Cybertruck, being notably larger than most contemporary cars in the same category, could exacerbate this problem, especially if it opens the door to si…

My mazda has absolutely HUGE a-pillars, which are, in my opinion, a far larger threat to pedestrians, than having a simply larger vehicle. Like you can fit a family of 4 with a stroller in mine, I find myself leaning way forward to check that blind spot every time I turn right. And even that is second fiddle to people using their phones while driving, which is an absolute plague in general, not just for pedestrian sa…

Yet you still drive it

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by quickthrowman »

xp84 wrote: post #3

I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.

> I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things).

It’s almost like the entire automotive industry converged on that shape for specific reasons… aerodynamics and crash resistance.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by FredPret »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #53

These launch countdowns are silly. Yes, you're going to be really cool the first year or so with that Cybertruck. But after you go to a party and five other people have one, (1,000,000+ reservations since 2019) it'll seem much less alluring.

It'll be even more cool because now there's a tribe

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by I_Am_Nous »

1970-01-01 wrote: post #59
fermentation wrote: post #12

Sure looks dangerous for pedestrians

Safe public roads haven't existed since 1900.

Before cars it was highway robbers. Being in between places is always a higher risk location and roads are the guaranteed routes someone will go down. Cars make it safer for the people in them, the same way a stagecoach protected people up to a point.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by camillomiller »

avidiax wrote: post #64
sushid wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I appreciate the unique design of the Cybertruck, I have a huge concern with its huge size and the potential safety risks for pedestrians. The trend of increasingly larger vehicles, like SUVs and trucks, has already raised issues regarding pedestrian safety. The Cybertruck, being notably larger than most contemporary cars in the same category, could exacerbate this problem, especially if it opens the door to si…

The Cybertruck is actually rather low for a truck. The edge of the hood would hit a typical person in the gut, not the neck or face as with many other trucks (especially lifted trucks). https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/threads/model-s-v...

Ah well, then.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by mitthrowaway2 »

mike_d wrote: post #61
slowhadoken wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah but automotive safety has been great the last twenty years especially for children

It really has, cars have gotten progressively safer every year since 1975 for everyone involved. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/child...

Are these charts simply displaying the gradual decline in children-under-13 walking and riding bicycles?
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