Ah yes, all is going according to the plan.
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One of the many reasons this death machine is banned in Europe
Regardless, there is a very large number of people trying their best to import it and finding a loop-hole to put these monstosities on the road.
I've never actually seen one in the Netherlands. Plenty of absurdly big pickups, but not a cybertruck
And hopefully it will never happen.
I listened to a supposed car collector saying how he is planning to import one and legalize it under the gize of being a private museum piece. Supposedly, such cars get a special license and insurance, and are permitted to circulate from one show to another.
Hopefully, it gets returned at the border.
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there is a guy who lives about 2 miles away from me that owns one. I used to see his truck around, and see it while I was out walking parked in his driveway. I stopped seeing it for a few months. Then I was walking by when I saw him outside doping something in his yard and asked what happened to his truck. He said it was too much trouble, I said yeah, i heard they have some serious issues on the news. he replies "On top having to take it to the shop almost once a month motherfuckers just kept vandalizing the thing. It just was not worth owning."
It's a thought that makes me smile.
And the red neck doesn't give one single fuck about the deer, or seem to realize it would do the same to a person at half speed.
Most rednecks would see that as a significant selling point, and still not buy it cuz it's electric
For a car supposedly made of steel, that's an awful lot of plastic.
Built like the finest midgrade consumer laptops
Isn't the stainless steel like glued on or something? I swear they're only panels. If not, please correct me
Yes, it's glued
Yes there was a huge scandal that the glue was wrong, so the panels fell off at high speeds. 🤣🤣🤣
Oh jeez. Marketing got the advertisement all wrong. Here, let me fix that.
it is made ~~of~~ to ~~steel~~ steal money from idiots.
Here we go
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Elon Musk lies.
That is, like Trump he deliberately and wittingly deceives. Compare Cybertruck will be much safer per mile than other trucks, both for occupants and pedestrians. with I am the most transparent president in history.
Those lies extend to his outrageous space and industry goals like mars colonies and space-based data centers. Or the hyperloop.
He probably sees it as salesmanship the way Trump sees his own lies as the art of the deal.
And when Musk denies the death toll of DOGE ending USAID, he's lying to himself.
Elon musk is a Nazi
Also he looks like he's turning into a potato.
i hope someone slices elon in half
Vertically
Elon claims that it is safer for pedestrians
Safer than what? Being shot in the face?
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Holy shit how are these still legally drivable?!
Ok I know this thing is old news and we should all be past the initial shock of Elon doing something very Elon again.
But still...WHY THE FUCK IS IT SO UGLY?
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My parents hit a deer at 40mph with their Forester and it turned into pink mist. The only "mass" left of it was just a head. I have no doubt the CT is not as safe as regular vehicles, but I don't think the outcome of object getting hit by something at 75mph is going to be an indicator of safety.
Their Forester must be stronger then most cars. I've hit a deer at 55mph in my Tacoma and there was damage to my truck and the deer definitely didn't mist. You see them hit on the freeway all the time by semi trucks and there are definitely huge pieces of the deer left. Enough that you know exactly what animal they were. Not saying that your parents car didn't magically poof the deer, but your parents car magically poofed the deer. Or you're not remembering correctly.
i hit a deer with my rivian r1t at 75. the deer walked away a bit then toppled over. the crumple zone of the truck was not happy, but no part of the deer was missing
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Yeah, I'd assume that a 75mph impact between human/deer and a vehicle is going to go badly regardless.
There is a lot of evidence that a low front with a significant upward slope (where a struck pedestrian is pushed up over the vehicle) is much safer for pedestrian collisions, but for quite awhile now the style has been flat or aggressive grills. Far from just the cyber truck that's guilty of this
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I fucking bail if there's one even near me. They're knives on wheels and that's only one of many issues that make it a death trap for people inside or outside of it.
I'll just call the police if I see one, because there's no way it'd be road legal here in the EU lmao
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It can't hurt you. It either misses you or kill you, no risk of getting permanently paralyzed. That's a huge progress!
Okay I know this dumpster is made out of hard angles, but do they really expect us to believe that it sliced anything in half?
The hood is literally a massive steel knife blade.
I suddenly realize that I've never actually been close enough to, or paid attention to pictures of one of these stupid things to see that. I've only ever seen like 3 of them in the wild.
Look at the video. The hood is two steel blades that meet at their edges, traveling at 75mph.
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I don't think a pedestrian is surviving being hit by any vehicle at 75mph. You could wrap a Prius in down pillows and it's going to end messily.
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Updated: CyberTrash slices feet in half, Elmo lies through is teeth, as he does every time he opens his mouth
FTFY
Very safe for pedestrians where I live as no one in their right mind would even consider imagining thinking about buying one even if they weren't banned and didn't look like a wheeled skip, therefore no pedestrians are at risk.
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