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It actually did great. The occupant area was minimally damaged - the front end absorbed the collision as it was designed to do. The driver would have walked awa
by nxm 3y ago
It actually did great. The occupant area was minimally damaged - the front end absorbed the collision as it was designed to do. The driver would have walked away from this collision.
Tesla makes some of the safest vehicles on the road from a driver/occupant perspective, but lately HN loves to hate on Tesla.
- akmarinov 3y agoWell, not really - not much crumple zone in the front and the way the sides haven't crumpled at all means all of that force went into the occupant area. Tesla does make some of the safest vehicles, I agree, but probably not the Cybertruck. Let's wait and see the crash test results before speculating, either of us could be wrong.
- nameistaken 3y ago[flagged]
- jerska 3y ago… brings a counter theory to the parent comment to clearly explain why conclusions are hard to draw, then explicitly states that it’s inconclusive. The bad faith and passive-aggressive tone were unwarranted.
- valval 3y agoHN is awfully leftist, and Musk doesn’t enjoy the greatest admiration among those people.
- phatskat 3y agoHe shouldn’t appeal to most anyone regardless of party affiliation, but he supports the “my freedom of speech” people by allowing and unbanning some of the worst of Twitter, so he has a particular audience he’s attached himself to. Mind you, he was left until they started paying attention to who he was and once that happened, he found it easier to oppose the more right-leaning folks. Musk will pander to whichever crowd is easiest to appeal to