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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns - experts::The angular design of Tesla's Cybertruck has safety experts concerned that the electric pickup truck's stiff stainless-steel exoskeleton could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.

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[-] SpaceBishop@lemmy.zip 66 points 1 year ago

could hurt pedestrians and cyclists

I dare you to convince me that anyone still buying Tesla would not see that as a benefit. That's going to be the number one selling point of this thing after articles like this make their rounds.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 20 points 1 year ago

I am a Tesla owner and a cyclist. It's not a benefit.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Did you buy your Tesla since Elmo when full fash, and would you buy one now if you didn't have one already?

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago

No and yes. Find me an automotive CEO that's not a giant POS and we'll talk. It's a great car, overall.

[-] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago

There's giant POS and the there's Elon Musk

[-] chitak166@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You have to be a special kind of stupid to think Musk is unique among billionaires.

His only 'uniqueness' is the brand that's attached to his name. If you notice, he behaves exactly like all other celebrity billionaires, such as Trump and Kanye.

Every controversy is just free advertising for their brands.

[-] CowsLookLikeMaps@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

You'll notice OP wasn't comparing billionaires, they were comparing automotive CEOs. So that's a scarecrow argument. All of the other automotive CEOs have an order of magnitude less wealth than Musk.

He has the wealth of a nation state and owns one of the world's largest social media sites, a rocket company, a car company, and actively promotes far-right hate speech and meddles in international politics.

At least he isn't giving out copies of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

The automotive CEO most similar to Musk is probably Henry Ford, and I'm honestly not sure which one is worse.

[-] Spur4383@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Well, one is dead... So not much you can do about him now

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

At least he isn’t giving out copies of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Considering his feelings about Jews, it's only a matter of time.

[-] freebee@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

Trump, Kanye, musk etc are the weird ones. Very wealthy people are actually likely to hide from the public and only seek the attention of their ridiculously wealthy peers or whomever they want to ~~buy~~ influence, not from the entire world population with every brainfart they produce. It's just the very top few has a hard time avoiding it because they're on top of the lists and stand out. Kanye or trump are still * far* away from that wealthiest top. Look at the list of 1bn-80bn worth person: many you'll barely have heard of before, if at all. It gets even more so if you ditch the Anglo-Saxon centered view on the list and look at the most wealthy people in China, Middle East etc

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not convinced cows look a whole lot like maps tho they have too many legs etc

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

How many others run a social media platform catered to fashists?

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

They all have their own special flavors of trash.

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