Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns -experts
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The angular design of Tesla's Cybertruck has safety experts concerned that the electric pickup truck's stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.

Tesla Cybertruck’s stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts::The angular design of Tesla’s Cybertruck has safety experts concerned that the electric pickup truck’s stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.

  • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
    428·
    11 months ago

    Because unless they have been outright lying in all of their specs, the entire body is made up of the same thick stainless steel that they have shown to be literally bulletproof.

    It’s 4x as thick as current sheet metal used in other vehicles, and twice as thick as the steel bumpers used in old cars that didn’t have crumple zones.

    That combined with the fact that they have stated that all of the strength and rigidity for the truck comes from the exoskeleton, that would preclude being able to crumple.

    They have not made safety a priority in anything on this monstrosity. The windows are are all laminated and shatterproof, meaning you can’t break them to escape if there’s a fire or you end up underwater and the body is bulletproof meaning that it can’t be torn open with the jaws of life if you need to be extracted.

    It’s a giant metal coffin.

    • weew@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I don’t know what the hell you’ve been reading, but they’ve never claimed the entire truck is solid stainless steel. Just the exterior panels.

      they claimed that the exterior panels would be able to add to the rigidity and strength of the truck. Not that it was 100% rigid or that the exterior made up 100% of the structural strength.

      The interior is still basically just a regular aluminum body like all their other cars.

    • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      11 months ago

      Windows will shatter just like any other car window, and a jaws of life would pull apart that tin can no problem.

        • Cornpop@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          They are just regular tempered glass. That might have been the BS they claimed at the original announcement, but that did not make it to the production version.

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      515·
      11 months ago

      Ah, so it’s all from your incorrect assumptions about how materials work.