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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Kapura on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:02AM (#50394072)
modern cars are literally designed to deform on impact to keep the passengers safe. they're called "crumple zones" and they exist to dissipate kinetic energy to keep everybody involved safer. adding "more rigidity" isn't serving any meaningful purpose.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by thrwfjauci2aa on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:30AM (#50394557)
Yeah, that totally explains how it got top honors from both major U.S. safety organizations.
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by Kapura on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:29PM (#50395430)
if it's so safe why is it banned from many european countries for safety concerns?
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Re:RIP Cybertruck. You Were Unloved, Unwanted, and Utterly A... by input_sh on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:31PM (#50395461)
NHTSA very notably didn't care about pedestrian safety at all. Luckily that finally changed, they started testing for that for 2027 models onward.

IIHS only really tests how good a car is at preventing an accident, not what happens when it fails like for example Euro NCAP does (and so does NHTSA starting nowish).

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