Me too, it's disturbing to see an apparent 'genius' pay so little attention to the design from a pedestrian perspective, then you give it nuts acceleration that makes almost no difference to journey time, I guess the only place safe to drive it, will be Mars. It's not the future, it's silly.

Maybe its just me, but I don't think pedestrians buy expensive trucks designed by geniuses.

I didn’t think pedestrians bought trucks at all.

most people walk from somewhere to their truck at least, which kind of makes them a pedestrian for at least a bit, unless there is some kind of mini electric golf cart to go from door to door, I mean, I suppose, who knows...

Genius?

as someone who commutes by bike and has been hit by a car i had no such thought.

Have you ever been close passed at speed or hit by a car?

I think this car will seriously hurt the car insurance industry. Just imagine a car that cannot get scratches and/or mailbox dents which cost thousands of dollars in repair by simply... not colouring the car and making the surface more scratch-resistant. Awesome!

As a fellow bike-communter myself I had exactly the same thoughts regarding pedestrian safety though.

> Consider that the reason that the windows shattered in the demo was that the dent proof doors transmitted sufficient force to the base of the window to weaken it.

I don't believe that for a second, considering the rear window shattered as well and was not hit by the sledge hammer.

Take it up with Musk.

https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Elon-Musk-Tesla-s-Cy...

I'm aware of what he said to save face. However, if you believe the window broke because a completely different door was hit than I have a bridge to sell you.

If you hit something, the momentum has to get dispersed somewhere. If the hammer didn't suffer, the car did.

I don't often get hit by a steel ball, but I do see many jeeps with cracked windscreens because replacing them after every little flying stone is too much of a hassle.

People try very hard to avoid using their insurance for small things, everyone is terrified of their rates going up.

Cybertruck might not need comprehensive or uninsured motorist coverage but it looks like it would annihilate anything it hits. You’ll want plenty of bodily injury, collision, property damage and PIP.

Wonder if laser etching the Cybertruck will become a popular way of personalizing the vehicle.

The DeLorean had a bare stainless body. People discovered that unpainted stainless is really hard to keep looking nice. Owners of stainless kitchen appliances know this too. There was a fairly decent aftermarket for getting your DeLorean painted.

Yep and it scratches readily and easily...

More likely vinyl wrap. There are already companies announcing various options for this. And because Cybertruck isn't curved, the wrap is much easier to apply.

Elon already promised black matte color as an option as lots of people prefer to have some coloring.

It would look bad-ass in that phanta black.

Right. I was in the Air Force back in the late 80's and had a '64 Chevy pickup I painted flat black, and then stenciled in red lettering all over it. Had "Danger, Air Intake" on the front bumper, "No Step" above each wheel well, "Fuel Port" by the gas cap. Put an American Flag bumper sticker up on the rear corner of both sides of the bed.

Had "Stealth Bomber" in red on the door panels.

Ugh, I can envision led panels being attached to it for rolling advertising.

Someone hasn't been to vegas yet

Painting a car door cost me more than a brand new door. Replacing whole parts is cheap. It's the labor costs that are expensive.

How much? A luxury car door costs $10K+

Maybe not when the autodrive feature reduces the number of accidents to a pittance of what manually driven cars cause.

Because getting hit by other cars is somehow more tolerable?

Yes, that's what the article is about.

I’ve seen plenty bikers blow stop signs, not signal turns, cross three lanes, run into stationary objects, and other assorted fuckery. Accidents are usually not completely one-sided and as a proud car and bike driver, I’ve never collided with either regardless of the mode in which I am traveling. I’m a bit tired of the “I am on a bike, therefore better than you” theme that seems to exist. Just learn to co-exist and be aware of your surroundings. How? Trust nobody and assume the other driver of bike/car/moped/scooter/Rollerblades will do the dumbest possible thing in front of you. Then you’ll be prepared and not be surprised.

Here’s what happened to me recently. I’m cycling home on a dark wet Friday evening. My commute was 18km then and I was halfway home. I’m in a cycle lane doing maybe 20 km/h and traffic is all held up. I was doored before so I’m watching the cars carefully. Suddenly a car about 20 metres up ahead of me veers into the cycle lane and mounts the footpath with his car straddling the cycle lane. I slow down and let the idiot complete his crazy left turn (we drive on the left here in Ireland). As I get to the junction (it’s wide with an island between lanes) there’s a car looking to pull out into the stagnant traffic. I make eye contact and since he has to cross my lane to enter the main road I have right of way so I proceed. He, while staring right at me starts to pull out and I’ve no time to react. I go over his bonnet (hood) and land hard in my back in the middle of the main road. I’m still clipped into my bike and it comes crashing on my face. As I’m lying there in shock another car that was coming the opposite direction to me decides this is his chance and takes the exit and proceeds to drive over my bike with me under it and disappear. Fortunately I want hurt any further.

I’m dressed up in high-viz clothing. I have award winning front and rear lights that is approved by various EU road safely groups yet here we have two motorists that just didn’t bother their holes to look and a third that didn’t care if they murdered me.

I had to pick myself up, fix my bike and limp the rest of the way home. While the driver that pulled out under me was apologetic (his wife less so) nobody else stopped to help. Nobody cared that the third car nearly killed me.

Clearly, you've never ridden your bike in the city. Right hooks are common, and they're really hard to be "prepared for".