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The Vaporwave aesthetic goes beyond mere 80's nostalgia into a sort of fetishism. Normally, targeting fetishists is a bit niche; but Tesla has hit on a lot of s
by khafra 7y ago
The Vaporwave aesthetic goes beyond mere 80's nostalgia into a sort of fetishism. Normally, targeting fetishists is a bit niche; but Tesla has hit on a lot of success targeting market segments that everyone else thought were tiny niches.
- abledon 7y agoI think the truck was built w/ spaceX in mind [1]. You can probably manufacture that thing quite easily from basic sheet metal, when you have limited machinery and labour on another planet. [1] https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pickup-engineering-manufacturing https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi...
- JulianMorrison 7y agoThe low polygon count actually makes sense if you are machining it on Mars...
- cozzyd 7y agoAlso helps with FPS in the next Halo.
- cr0sh 7y ago> You can probably manufacture that thing quite easily from basic sheet metal, when you have limited machinery and labour on another planet. Not if it's made of stainless steel - stuff is hard to cut and hard to weld (though might be easier in a non-oxygen rich environment like Mars). For ease of manufacture and maintainability, plus a lot of other "pluses" - I actually like this truck: http://oxgvt.com/ http://oxgvt.com/ Too bad it's unlikely it will be available for purchase in first world countries, if it ever gets to that phase.