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This is just silly. There were not many pictures of it, but the truck has a massive frunk. This frunk will just be designed to crumple and adsorb the impact fro
by rklaehn 7y ago
This is just silly. There were not many pictures of it, but the truck has a massive frunk. This frunk will just be designed to crumple and adsorb the impact from a front collision.
The structural frame will not extend all the way to the front but end earlier (about above the front wheel well).
Tesla will want a five star safety rating for this thing, and you can not get that without also taking pedestrian safety into account.
Edit: About the raised front: the front is not any more raised that my current main car, a Volkswagen T5 Bus, which is a very common car in europe. So I don't see why it should have a worse pedestrian safety rating.
- sschueller 7y agoTo crumble for pedestrians it can't be made completely out of unbreakable stainless steel. It's one of the other.
- rklaehn 7y agoStainless steel is not some magic adamantium that is completely unbreakable. You can choose thinner steel for the part that is designed to crumple, and it will crumple or fold as intended, just like any other material. I would guess that the bonnet will move backwards and slide over the windshield, and the other part of the front (up to the front wheel wells) will be designed to crumple.
- cardinalfang 7y agoThe T5 scored 1 NCAP star for pedestrian safety.