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| georges80:
Lots of videos that compare a direct hit into a solid wall (the cyber truck) and then videos of other pickups hitting partial structures. If you are going to compare apples to apples please do so, otherwise it's all clickbait. I think the cyber truck is for 'special people', but having a son that works at T and has been involved in a bunch of crash testing (5 star stuff), he has a different knowledge of the tests and what is actually occurring in the tests and the actual crash data, G forces, internal structure etc etc. He finds the armchair stuff quite amusing - the clickbait youtube stuff and a bunch of forum gossip is not engineering. Please do not assume that because Musk has certain personaility 'traits' that there aren't competent engineers that know what they are doing working on the products there. And no, I'm not a fanboy and happily drive my ICE 4wd and will continue to do so. Anyhow, carry on. cheers, george. |
| AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: Siwastaja on December 12, 2023, 01:03:26 pm ---Well, if people are interested, buy it, so that it produces at least some revenue, allowing the business to run, then it seems like an excellent idea to me. If it fails to sell in high enough numbers, then it was worth trying. In either case, it clearly is a test subject for stuff like 4-wheel steering, using stainless steel, and probably much much more I don't know about as I haven't looked into it closely. It has been many decades with very little fresh innovation in automotive. I want that to stop that trend and celebrate everyone who has guts to do something unique, even if I don't personally want that thing. Also don't project your own attitudes into others; the fact Elon Musk makes you emotional as some kind of anti-fanboy, doesn't mean that those who disagree with you are Elon Musk fanboys. --- End quote --- You're reading a little too much into my comments. Not much I can do about that; I'm not about to issue a long list of disclaimers with every post. The main purpose and benefit of the Cybertruck seems to me to be to generate publicity for Musk. |
| Black Phoenix:
--- Quote from: georges80 on December 13, 2023, 05:38:09 am ---Lots of videos that compare a direct hit into a solid wall (the cyber truck) and then videos of other pickups hitting partial structures. If you are going to compare apples to apples please do so, otherwise it's all clickbait. I think the cyber truck is for 'special people', but having a son that works at T and has been involved in a bunch of crash testing (5 star stuff), he has a different knowledge of the tests and what is actually occurring in the tests and the actual crash data, G forces, internal structure etc etc. He finds the armchair stuff quite amusing - the clickbait youtube stuff and a bunch of forum gossip is not engineering. Please do not assume that because Musk has certain personaility 'traits' that there aren't competent engineers that know what they are doing working on the products there. And no, I'm not a fanboy and happily drive my ICE 4wd and will continue to do so. Anyhow, carry on. cheers, george. --- End quote --- In the video I posted further on the timeline they have apples to apples test. Full wall Tesla Cybertruck Vs F150 Lightning. Results are similar. T bone test the Lightning lifts their left side to close 45⁰ while the Tesla stays mostly unmovable. Jump to 1:50. I'm not also a fanboy, I drive what suits my needs, not hype. I just wanted to add something more since I also saw the full frontal tests and a comparison of other trucks doing overlapping frontal test and it was not apple to apple. This one had the first apple to apple test, so I thought it would be relevant for the discussion. |
| MT:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 08, 2023, 10:51:04 pm ---Beyond the weight, it's hard to really see a market for this in Europe. Time will tell. But the weight itself raises questions (especially considering that the EU is going to raise the bar, as wraper mentioned) in terms of efficiency. --- End quote --- There is a market alright, pompous woke transgender dentists , nasty stiff upper lip lawyers, dumb azz politicians who want to "politically signal" they are indeed "imaginary" green while driving to airport to take private jet to Cop28 UAE and Davos WEF climatechange meeting etc. There is always a "invented" market for dumb ass products, kitchen ice cream machines, instant bread baking machines from Philips are other famous devices. |
| Marco:
At this point Elon is poison for virtue signallers of any sort except trolling nihilists who want to piss off all sides. |
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