Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine

Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by JosephRedfern on Saturday March 20, 2021 @07:42PM (#26526926)

I don't know anything about car design, but always assaumed that crumple zones mostly protected passengers rather than pedestrians. Is that not the case?

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Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by throwaway0a5e on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:34PM (#26527431)

The front end of your average modern car has a ton of flimsy plastic in the top of the front bodywork that's for pedestrian protection. It's basically a crumple zone but they don't call it that.

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Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by Gravityloss on Sunday March 21, 2021 @05:44AM (#26529275)

Also the hood / bonnet has softening. In a typical collision the pedestrian's head strikes it, so adding some padding under the surface makes it more survivable. I think you get more stars in crash tests.

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Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by tpmx on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:51PM (#26527517)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwp6HNa6PrI&t=73 shows this quite well visually. The bonnet is surprisingly flexible.

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Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by rentnorove on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:40PM (#26527454)

This describes some of the efforts to make frontal impacts less dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_safety_through_vehi...

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Re:Tesla orders its first 8k-ton Cybertruck casting machine by geoelectric on Saturday March 20, 2021 @10:59PM (#26527786)

They bleed off energy, to the benefit of both.

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