Comment on Some Tesla engineers secretly started designing a Cybertruck alternative because they 'hated' it

• BroccoliFarts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The US laws on bumpers has been refined in blood over the years. At least 20% of the people I know in my area have damaged their car by hitting a deer.

  How will this truck fare if hitting a 90 kg deer? It’s different enough that it might be substantially different (better or worse) than a more conventional truck.

  I’m also reminded of a famous car made of paneled stainless steel. It was a terrible car and ruined the company that made it. It’s only remembered fondly because of a popular movie series.

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  • restingboredface@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well if you’re going to make a time machine out of a car, why not do it with some STYLE

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Doc Brown was secretly a coke head, and DeLorean was his dealer. He threw the car in for free when he delivered the last couple kilos to Doc.

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      • accidental@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        How do you think he got matched up with the Libyans? It’s not everyday you get offered to help snuggle nuclear material…

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  • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    To be fair, John DeLorean got nabbed and imprisoned for coke before the company could stabilize

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    • vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fingers crossed for Elon

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  • PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    and yet, each new generation of vehicles has less and less of an actual bumper, meanwhile the cost to replace basic shit like headlight housings have skyrocketed. I live in deer country too, and you have to add your own aftermarket bumper if you want any real protection.

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  • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    From the sound of it you’d be lucky to get it off the lot /s

    Fr tho I bet it’d cut the deer in half. Then again it’s kinda huge, so maybe it would just ramp up on top of the deer and launch itself.

    I assume it’s also crazy fast like most Teslas, so maybe it would just pink mist the poor animal.

    I think the truck would be totaled regardless, only real question is if the driver survives and if it catches on fire

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