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Re:Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry for Fingers by slipheen on Sunday March 31, 2024 @06:43PM (#39888827)
It seems bizarre to me that they wouldn’t have that sensor, I wonder if maybe it’s because they somehow didn’t calibrate properly for the force at the top angle?

I don’t have/want to cybertruck, but I wonder if it would stop properly if you were to have something at the bottom blocking it.

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry for Fingers by engineer_22 on Sunday March 31, 2024 @07:44PM (#39889356)
It does have it, lots of videos of people putting their arm/hand/whatever in the cyber truck frunk to demonstrate it stops closing.

If you get pinched close to the hinge your reaction won't generate a lot of torque on the motor, it will be less than the weight of the trunk itself.

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Re:Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry for Fingers by BoorishBears on Sunday March 31, 2024 @07:46PM (#39889372)
It's not bizarre when you realize how Tesla cuts corners under the guise of innovation.

Take their power seats not stopping for obstructions: most auto manufacturers do not make their own power seat modules.

They buy those from suppliers like Bosch and Continental (yes, the tire guys): https://www.continental-automotive.com/en/components/seat-co...

But Tesla loves "innovations" that are just an excuse to vertically integrate in an inferior manner. That's stuff like the "superbottle" which integrates a bunch of parts you could normally replace independently with common parts into one (super easy to integrate on the assembly line) package

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