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Pedestrians, already dying at record levels, now face Elon Musk’s Cybertruck (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Of course there are crumple zones. I have no idea why people are parroting this nonsense. Here's a video that explains it:

https://youtu.be/9ll2_BDZpI4

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Did you watch that video? There's no crumple zone! The front end bounces back off that wall almost immediately!

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

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.