“Unlike Europe, the U.S. doesn’t require cars be tested for safety before they are allowed to be sold to the public,” said David Zipper, a visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School whose work focuses on transportation policy.
“We let car companies decide for themselves when it’s safe,” he explained.
Henry Ford figured out panel gaps and mass production 100+ years ago. Now we have these pieces of shit that look like a first grader drew them on a double dog dare. Besides the fact that this is a vehicle that nobody wants, the production value is trash compared to anything else on the road today.
Who is actually going to buy this abomination with zero aesthetic value and zero value as a pickup? I just don’t get who they’re attempting to target with this thing.
Most pickup drivers don’t need the bed, so the answer is: The same kind of person that buys any other electric pickup, except they are slightly more individualistic. In terms of range and performance, it’s highly competitive in its segment. Still an entirely unnecessary middle finger to the rest of society though, but no more so than a Rivian or Electric F150.
I think that they think their niche are the same guys who “invested” in NFTs. People with a lot of money, interest in tech trends, and otherwise no sense.
I don’t think nobody wants it. Elon’s hard-right fans are usually the big-ass truck “look at my car” kinda person and this is made by their hero so they will buy it in droves, I’m sure.
The nose looks like it is designed to send the pedestrian under the truck in case of a collision. US-based pickup designs are as if pedestrians’ lives have no value at all. This one takes it to the next level - something like ‘pedestrians must die!!!’
Look, I applaud them for trying to be unique, but man that has to be the ugliest vehicle I’ve ever seen. As for concerns about it’s safety, I’d be concerned too considering how little space there appears to be between the driver and the front of the vehicle. Also, the last thing you want on a 30mph road is an acceleration pedal that immediately tries to show off how fast it can hit 60mph.
So that doesn’t really debunk the statement. Like the other comment says, the Cybertruck bounces a lot more than the F150. Tesla says the underside of the front end is designed to break apart, but from what I can see online the actual safety is still up in the air.
Did you watch that video? There’s no crumple zone! The front end bounces back off that wall almost immediately! When the host was saying he doesn’t see a difference, there was a pretty big difference in how the cybertruck bounced backwards but the truck settled down.
i feel like, at most, it would be accurate to say “this has a rather bad crumple zone that is liable to turning you into chunky marinara on the interior of your car”. by modern standards it’s hilarious
MKBHD did a test drive and apparently you just cannot see the end of the nose from the driver’s seat. What a terrible design with no thought to the safety of anyone.
Maybe I phrased that wrong. You can’t see where the hood ends, so there is no sense of how much is in front of you. Most vehicles you can see where it drops off
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