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The first Tesla Cybertrucks were handed over at the beginning of December, and their post-apocalyptic, brutal design raised the question at the 2019 presentation: What happens if they hit an oncoming car? The first reaction came from California’s Silicon Valley.
As we reported a month ago about Rakéta, Tesla’s latest new model delivered in 2020, fans of the brand have been waiting for the minimalist Cybertruck inspired by the Winged Bounty Hunter since the release of the Model Y. The simple shape does not mean easy manufacturing: mass producing the stainless steel case was not an easy task for the company. Now that the relevant processes have apparently been discovered, it is also clear how the unusual, rigid body behaves towards other vehicles or even pedestrians and cyclists.
The article on The Verge is reassuring for now: On Thursday the 28th, a fourteen-year-old Toyota Corolla collided with a Cybertruck near Palo Alto, on a winding, wooded stretch of Route 35 in California. It is not known how fast the 17-year-old driver of the Corolla was driving, but it appears certain that he pulled the steering wheel to the right, which led the car onto the dirt section next to the road, which it then headed towards on the left side of the road , beyond the double barrier line. In the highway police report. Then he came across the Cybertruck, which was driving with manual controls, i.e. without the driving support system called Autopilot. The Toyota was apparently badly crushed on both the front and sides, while only the deployed head airbags on the Cybertruck can be seen, although there were no direct shots to the nose. Only the driver of the Tesla suffered a fortunately only minor injury and did not seek treatment in hospital.
Over at The Verge, Andrew J. Hawkins previously discussed in detail the new Tesla’s potential safety risks, from its all-angle design to its lack of a central rearview mirror and blind spots to its enormous weight and apparent lack of such crumple zones. Perhaps it is due to these factors that it will only be available in the USA, Mexico and Canada; The Cybertruck probably wouldn’t even comply with EU and Australian regulations. At the same time, as the journalist pointed out, all SUVs are more dangerous than other models due to their weight and height – and with the greater mass and better acceleration of electric cars, this is only likely to get worse.
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