Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars

Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by orenlindsey on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:04PM (#38956051)

Apparently the big problem is repair costs. They should buy Cybertrucks, those things are indestructible. One got in a head-on collision recently and didn't even get dented, no one in either car was hurt

Edit: this is a joke, by the way

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by remh on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:05PM (#38956066)

that's not how physics work

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by FlyingAvatar on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:08PM (#38956123)

It can work if the other car took more of the damage than it would have compared to a collision with a "squishier" car. Would be interested to see a Cybertruck vs Cybertruck crash.

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by remh on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:12PM (#38956165)

parent said: "no one in either car was hurt". If the cybertruck didn't have any damage it means that no energy was dissipated by "squishing it", basically it made the impact twice as bad (compared to a regular squishier car) for the occupants of both cars. Maybe indeed no one got hurt, but then it means that the crash was at super low speed.

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by theultdev on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:28PM (#38956446)

I saw the twitter post of what they're talking about.

It was just the way the car hit it I guess, CT was basically untouched, everyone was fine, but it was high enough speed to total the other car.

It's not really an indicator of anything, just an interesting happenstance.

CT didn't crumple because it wasn't hit where it needed to crumple.

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by orenlindsey on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:41PM (#38956681)

> Cybertruck vs Cybertruck crash

An unstoppable force hitting an immovable object.

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by adolph on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:25PM (#38956394)

Cybertruck vs Cybertruck crash

Postulate two spherical cybertrucken in a vacuum suspended from the same point by wire under Earth gravity acceleration. After contact each vehicle moves away from the point of contact with the energy equivalent of 1/2 the sum of each vehicle's input kinetic energy.

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by pedantsamaritan on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:08PM (#38956128)

N=1. Cybertruck driver reported minor injuries: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/28/24018383/tesla-cybertruc...

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by rpcope1 on Thursday January 11, 2024 @01:11PM (#38956154)

I really doubt that, but one thing that stands out is the usage of stainless steel body panels, which make repairs both harder and more expensive. Go ask anyone that had to repair a Delorean what they think of stainless for body panels..

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by kcplate on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:20PM (#38957376)

> Edit: this is a joke, by the way

Once again the HN community fails to spot obvious sarcasm. Y’all really need to get out more.

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