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[Valve1138]

Those things are such a disaster.

I read they have no crumple zones.

 

[fly]

Those things are such a disaster.

I read they have no crumple zones.

My quick Google says that isn't true.

 

[Jehannum]

The General Leelon?

 

[Valve1138]

My quick Google says that isn't true.

LMGTFY

Spoiler: .

I don’t give a fuck

 

[Jehannum]

My quick Google says that isn't true.

 

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[gee]

awesome, now jump it over a creek

 

[gee]

My quick Google says that isn't true.

You could just look up the IIHS crash test results...

Current vehicle ratings for large pickups

A summary of current IIHS vehicle ratings for large pickups.

www.iihs.org

 

[fly]

You could just look up the IIHS crash test results...

Current vehicle ratings for large pickups

A summary of current IIHS vehicle ratings for large pickups.

www.iihs.org

What am I missing?

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

What am I missing?

It hasn't been tested, so no one actually knows what it does in a crash except be expensive as fuck to replace torqued and cracked gigacastings

 

[gee]

It hasn't been tested, so no one actually knows what it does in a crash except be expensive as fuck to replace torqued and cracked gigacastings

Repariability aside, gigacastings are cool as shit. You can come up with real optimized shapes with whatever thickness wherever you want, that are very rigid and very light and have an optimized "this amount of deformation = this force" crash characteric for decelerating a car all perfect in a crash.

But for a truck doin' truck things, hauling shit and plowing snow and generally getting beaten to fuck, hard to beat a ladder frame. A unibody frame is a suboptimal truss if you think about it.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

Repariability aside, gigacastings are cool as shit. You can come up with real optimized shapes with whatever thickness wherever you want, that are very rigid and very light and have an optimized "this amount of deformation = this force" crash characteric for decelerating a car all perfect in a crash.

But for a truck doin' truck things, hauling shit and plowing snow and generally getting beaten to fuck, hard to beat a ladder frame. A unibody frame is a suboptimal truss if you think about it.

Agreed.
It's an interesting application of tech, it's just unfortunate it makes the second most expensive purchase a person will see a disposable product if damaged.

 

[fly]

It hasn't been tested, so no one actually knows what it does in a crash except be expensive as fuck to replace torqued and cracked gigacastings

That wasn't the question. It has crumple zones, but apparently they are smaller than other vehicles.

 

[Jehannum]

That wasn't the question. It has crumple zones, but apparently they are smaller than other vehicles.

Most crumple zones are smaller than vehicles

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

That wasn't the question. It has crumple zones, but apparently they are smaller than other vehicles.

Ok

 

[fly]

Ok

I know you have to inject your Elon hate wherever you can, but the conversation that you dropped into is still on this page. It was 100% about crumple zones and if the Cybertruck had them.

 

[Valve1138]

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

now with real copper inlays!

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Just saw an article that none other than kid rock rode one of these out onstage during a show