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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns

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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns -experts

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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design """raise""" safety concerns - experts

www.reuters.com /business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/

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2y ago

Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts

www.reuters.com /business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/

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U.S. regulators rely on vehicle makers to self-test and certify their adherence to safety standards.
Sure. Sounds like a great system. What motivation could a company have besides doing good for others?
- There are independent crash test ratings like JD Power and Associates, which is what most consumers check.
  
  And we shouldn't have to.
  
  Yes, people check how safe they are inside the truck. The truck posing a threat to others must be regulated by the govt.
- Killing all humans?
So after decades of improvements to crash safety with things like crumple zones and protected cabins, ol Elongated went and built a 1979 Ford LTD body?
- That's why I'm flipping it. https://i.redd.it/0g5uq31agxi71.jpg
  Load my car with a stable, but when triggered, violent explosion.
  
  LOL
  
  Funnily enough, you could have also bought a 1979 Ford car with that 'feature': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_system_fires,_recalls,_and_litigation
  The TL;DR is that in many Ford Pintos, fuel vapors would leak into the chassis. So, another car even just lightly bumping into the back, could cause a Ford Pinto to go up in a big fire ball.
Is anyone concerned that's its also kinda ugly?
- Kinda? Every time I see one I think of that Simpsons episode where Homer's brother lets him design his dream car.
- I'd rather drive the 90's Chevy Lumina APV that the cyber truck was designed to look like.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Dec 8 (Reuters) - The angular design of Tesla's (TSLA.O) Cybertruck has safety experts concerned the electric pickup truck's stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists and damage other vehicles on roads.
Reuters spoke to six safety professors and officials who viewed videos of crash tests conducted by Tesla on its first new vehicle in nearly four years and shown during a webcast delivery event last week.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a social media post on Tuesday that he was "highly confident" Cybertruck will be safer than other trucks for occupants and pedestrians.
George Washington University auto safety professor Samer Hamdar raised concerns about limited "crumple zones," but added that other features might make up for that.
Julia Griswold, director of the University of California, Berkeley's Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, said she was "alarmed" by the crash test videos Tesla posted.
A vehicle of this size, power and huge weight will be lethal to pedestrians and cyclists in a collision," the Brussels-based nonprofit European Transport Safety Council said in a statement.
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You mean a sharp pointy end that isn't secured by another panel isn't safe? /$

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