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.

  • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This is a lesson that we already learned a while back.

    We used to make cars that were tough, but then we noticed that people were dying way too easily when they hit a tree or a wall.

    In an indestructible car, all of the forces of a crash are directly applied to the people inside of a car. You might as well have have been riding a motorcyle when you crashed. They would need some advanced harness system that gives a little on impact without letting you hit the steering wheel or center console… there’s not a whole lot of space for that.

    In the cars of today, the car is meant to crumple in a way that absorbs as much of an impact as possible while trying to keep the occupants alive.

    If the cybertruck is too stiff, even a collision at a slow speed will kill or severely injure the occupants.