Re:Tesla Cybertruck
by khafra on Friday November 22, 2019 @08:47AM
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The Vaporwave aesthetic goes beyond mere 80's nostalgia into a sort of fetishism. Normally, targeting fetishists is a bit niche; but Tesla has hit on a lot of success targeting market segments that everyone else thought were tiny niches.
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I think the truck was built w/ spaceX in mind [1].
You can probably manufacture that thing quite easily from basic sheet metal, when you have limited machinery and labour on another planet.
[1] https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-electric-pi...
> You can probably manufacture that thing quite easily from basic sheet metal, when you have limited machinery and labour on another planet.
Not if it's made of stainless steel - stuff is hard to cut and hard to weld (though might be easier in a non-oxygen rich environment like Mars).
For ease of manufacture and maintainability, plus a lot of other "pluses" - I actually like this truck:
Too bad it's unlikely it will be available for purchase in first world countries, if it ever gets to that phase.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck
by JulianMorrison on Friday November 22, 2019 @10:02AM
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The low polygon count actually makes sense if you are machining it on Mars...