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That's all the experts came up with? Expert 1: >Samer Hamdar raised concerns about limited "crumple zones," but added that other features might make up for th
by z7 3y ago
That's all the experts came up with?
Expert 1:
>Samer Hamdar raised concerns about limited "crumple zones," but added that other features might make up for that.
Innovative vehicle design could challenge traditional safety paradigms like crumple zones. I guess we'll have to check the extent of the compensatory shock-absorbtion mechanisms.
Expert 2:
>"If you're in a crash with another vehicle that has a crumple zone and your car is more stiff, then their cars are going to crush and yours is resistant."
A stiffer structure could also protect the occupants better by deforming to a lesser degree? We're entering somewhat paradoxical territory with this criticism.
Expert 3:
>The heavy weight of the trucks and their high acceleration "raise red flags for non-occupants."
Heavy weight vehicles aren't a new phenomenon in the automotive industry, right? I'm uncertain about how this safety hazard is specifically unique to the Cybertruck, as opposed to many other vehicles.
- rafabulsing 3y agoRe 2: The whole point of a crumple zone is that the car crumples instead of the occupants. More specifically, you want a stiff frame around the occupants creating a safe volume of space, and anything outside that to be more malleable, so that it absorbs as much energy as possible during impact. Re 3: heavy weight vehicles are indeed much more dangerous than lighter ones to everyone outside of them. That by itself is indeed not a new thing the Cybertruck is bringing to the table (unfortunately). But as for why heavy mass + high acceleration is a especially dangerous combination, refer to Newton's laws of motion.
- darkerside 3y agoCybertruck weighs 1000 pounds more than an F150, and has extreme levels of low end torque.