HypxTesla Cybertruck Peeled Open Like A Can Of Sardines After Crashing Into A Ditch
Flying SquidWhile this accident would likely have severely damaged any vehicle, the sardine-can-style peeling of bodywork on the Cybertruck may be due to its unique construction. Whereas a standard body panel would have likely crumpled and deformed, the Cybertruck’s rigid stainless steel material likely wasn’t able to, and was instead ripped off the vehicle.
Aren’t “crumple zones” a thing cars are supposed to have?
MelodiousFunkOnly weak pansy cars have crumple zones. Back in my day, the cars were built stronger. You could run over a cat and barely feel it. Head on collision? I could drive away from those, provided the engine block didn’t end up in the passenger space. These modern cars just give up and die, and the mandatory seat belts just trap you inside instead of being safely thrown clear of the vehicle. AMERICAN STEEL! LEADED GASOLINE! I YEARN FOR THE GOOD OL DAYS!
Crumple zones absorb energy of a collision. Our new detachable body panels disperse it. Damn the pedestrians.
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“Seat belts in cars? Nah, they just hosed out the interior and sold it to someone else!” — Jay Leno about cars in the old days
“Kill the meat, save the metal!”
The number of times I’ve actually seen that justification for not wearing a seatbelt…
Looks pretty crumpled and deformed to me. Are we sure the skin is not a crumple zone
Maybe if you are merely an auto manufacturer with decades of experience you make cars a bit beneath the standards of a manchild emerald mine beneficiary pretending to be a tech genius.
Yeah… I’m pretty convinced that bribery was involved to get safety standards approval.