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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by whysohardtoc on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:36AM (#21603028)
Flat panel is what trucks have needed to go back to. Get a bad dent or the garbage is rusting out? Cut it out and weld some sheet on top. No need buy an entire door or go to a body shop.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by IAmGraydon on Friday November 22, 2019 @04:54AM (#21604258)
Are you being serious? This is a Tesla. You think people are going to repair them by welding steel sheet on top?
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by sgt on Friday November 22, 2019 @05:13AM (#21604333)
Not immediately but if this thing is as indestructible as it looks, after 10 years of hard use, new battery pack, it's not hard to imagine that it'll be fixed by welding steel panels on it.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by usrusr on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:49AM (#21603942)
The DeLorean isn't exactly famed for body repairability and this is just that, a DeLorean grotesquely inflated to light tank scale.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by tomcooks on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:58AM (#21603713)
Flat panels are less secure, because flat surfaces are less stiff than curved or creased surfaces (theory you can easily test with a piece of paper).
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by CamperBob2 on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:51AM (#21603959)
Did you watch the video? They "tested" it with a sledgehammer.
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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by tomcooks on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:00PM (#21607435)
Yes, and the panels in this truck have a reinforcing crease.

I was referring to parent comment

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