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A person looks at photos of a pre-production vehicle which has not been homologated to the Australian domestic market and expresses their opinion about it. I me
by simondotau 3y ago
A person looks at photos of a pre-production vehicle which has not been homologated to the Australian domestic market and expresses their opinion about it. I mean it's a great bit of content for the publisher but the proof will be in the testing, not in a person's intuition. The head of an objective testing body should know better than this.
And while I agree that the Cybertruck doesn't seem like a safe vehicle at first glance, Tesla's track record on passive/active safety should be enough to stave off any premature jumping to conclusions prior to the release of real test data.
Also this quote was quite odd: “We’ve got a concern that Tesla is very interested in the occupants of the vehicle, but it can’t ignore the other road users as well.” This is a hideously disingenuous comment for the head of ANCAP to be making about a manufacturer that makes one of the safest cars on Australian roads. They seriously have "a concern" about the maker of vehicles which score extremely highly overall, and which matched or exceeded an equivalent Volvo EV in every category[0][1]?
[0] https://www.ancap.com.au/safety-ratings/tesla/model-y/726c22 https://www.ancap.com.au/safety-ratings/tesla/model-y/726c22
[1] https://www.ancap.com.au/safety-ratings/volvo/c40-recharge/fcf71f https://www.ancap.com.au/safety-ratings/volvo/c40-recharge/f...