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So both the engineers and everyone in the comments is just saying they hate/like the look of it? That's the last important part. As I understand it, the Cybertruck is never going to be allowed to the roads in Europe because of how unsafe it is. That's what people should be interested in. Looks can be pleasing to some and ugly to others and that's ok.
I've been wondering about its crumple zones. So... does it not have any ?
The other car is the crumple zone.
I wonder how much the other car's crumple zone affects the performance of your own. I wouldn't be surprised if one car not having one would degrade the performance of the one that does.
In which case, these cars actually become a public safety risk.
The crumple zone absorbs kinetic energy / momentum and allows a smoother and slower deceleration for the passengers as the energy transfer of the impact gets drawn out over time. The suddenness of crashes is what causes the greatest injuries, so you want it to be less sudden.
If both cars have equally performing crumple zones then both zones contribute equally to this "jerk reduction" (a rapid change in acceleration is called jerk), but if only one has it then you only get half as good reduction and the slowdown will be more sudden.
I thought that might be the case but I didn't want to speak authoritatively.
Yeah this cyber truck is going to make accidents a lot worse.
So the pedestrians are as well?
Airbags