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I'm more and more convinced this car was never actually supposed to be used by anyone.
My pet theory is dumbass was trying to hype up the stock. He drew something down a la homer simpson.
They had 1 guy actually working on it and added a page where you could give Elon an interest free loan to reserve a truck. After a while, he would give a refund and say it wasn't cost effective. It was all vaporware until someone said you could make the panels dirt cheap, just glue them down, and the profit margins would be huge.
Swastikoffin? Seems more like a death trap every day
Wait so the videogamey design is impractical irl??
Turns out, you need more than a few triangles. Wouldn't hurt to have some ambient occlusion and some antialiasing, either.
Can this become a standard feature? The headlights on all cars are too damn bright these days
I can’t recall which (Audi?) but at least one of them has a headlight system that literally blocks the light from hitting passing cars. So it’s constantly scanning for cars, and I guess it has fine control over which parts of the lights are on, and where they point? But it’s to solve this. Basically you can drive with your high beams while nobody else is the wiser
All the euro brands have it but it’s banned in the US because slow dinosaurs. Although the ban is supposed to be finally lifted starting this year or next.
I'm already blinded by the time it detects me. They should ban those systems. You can tell when it kicks in, and it's always too late. Modern lights are great for the driver but shit for everyone in front of em.
I feel the same way, the feature was imo never properly tested the reaction time is so bad
That is pretty neat. I have to wonder if it has any way to avoid blinding pedestrians or cyclists
Mine isn't as fancy as the Audi (just turns them off when it detects a vehicle ahead or when there's enough ambient street light). The fact it's off when there's street lights invites me to think it would always be off when crossing a bike (as bikes would tend to mostly be in areas with street lights).
It does work with motorbikes for sure, I don't think I was in the "bike in dark area" scenario yet, but here bikes are obligated to have lights on them so I'm pretty sure it would detect it just the same as a motorbike. Same with pedestrians if they're wearing high-viz (which they should in dark areas, if not a dark area, they're off anyway).
Yeah, the "don't make the light shine up" is just regular fucking inspection passing requirements. The HID lights will auto level by law and the led matrix lights usually do as well. Or the more modern implementation is where it'll just turn off half of the matrix
My Subaru doesn't scan, but you can see a small divot in the light where an oncoming car would be.
Several companies have this now, but not in the US. For some reason the regulations don't allow it. Auto high beams can only go off and on, no zones. My car has the capability but it's software limited to comply with US laws. I guess it's cheaper to make them all the same and limit them than make different ones for the US market. There was supposed to be a change to the laws that allowed it in '22 but they fucked it up. If they ever fix the regulations it can be turned on with a software update.
I wouldn’t hold my breath and regulations getting “fixed” in any way… But maybe they’ll just eliminate all the regulations and we can use frickin’ laser beams for headlights if we want.
it's comical just how many design flaws they managed to cram into one swasticar. there should be a list.
I'm sure there is one, in a handful of law offices called class action lawsuit
Man, this car gets funnier every day!
Driving in snow voids the warranty
To be fair, this is an issue on most cars, not limited to the swastikar.
Photo proof attached for the morons claiming otherwise.
As someone who lives in a very snowy area of the world, and has a car with a "shelf" in front of the headlights.
No, it is not. Car designers think about something called aerodynamics that makes sure headlights have air moving in a certain way to clear snow and also other debris from them when driving. The cybertruck has had no such considerations taken when designed.
That or Volvos used to have incredibly cute wipers for the headlights
My Volvo 240 does!
You don't need them ever in winter because of the heat of the halogen bulbs though.
Yet another thing SAAB invented, but people only remember the Volvo knock off.
Rest of the world: "Swedish car company is Swedish car company"
I need to know what goes on in Scott's life that it happens to him three times a month.
I assume he drives a tesla
Growing up on the East Coast, I've never had to pull over mid-drive and brush snow off my lights.
I can’t imagine any CT driver cares enough to pull over and clean the headlights. If they actually cared about safety they would haven’t gotten the CT.
My SAABs all had headlight wipers for snow buildup.
Edit: Wait, no. I lied. My '82 900 didn't have those wipers, or a turbo, or really anything in the way of bells and whistles.
None of that snow accumulated while driving, bud.
No.
cope and seethe
Cope ans seethe about what exactly? Cars have bumpers. Bumpers accumulate snow. Snow accumulation on front bumpers, which are normally found near headlights, blocks said headlights.
Don't be an idiot you moron.
As someone who has owned ~5 different vehicles while living in an area that snows before Halloween and can snow as late as Easter - you are the moron.
I have never had to stop mid drive to brush off my headlights, even in whiteout blizzard conditions, because snow doesn't accumulate on my front bumper. In fact, most of my vehicles the headlights are spaced far enough away from my bumper, with enough of an angle, that I barely need to brush snow off them in the mornings after getting 2' of snow overnight.
Are you sure you've driven anything that isn't a Lada?
Have you ever lived around snow, or do you just see it on TV? Because, while you have the most minute point that it can accumulate when parked, they absolutely do not build up snow on the 'shelf' while driving.
Source: I drove in the snow recently with headlights and no snow blocked my headlights in the middle of a storm.
You should probably stick to talking about what you know instead of defending the poorly designed swasticars.
In the past with incandescent lights they would easily melt the snow off, I'm guessing that's not the case with modern LEDs?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiYO1TObNz8
That seems like it could be a factor.
Yeah, I was thinking about that video when I posted actually. Maybe other car makers put a little heating element in their lights as well and Tesla just didn't. Either way, the big issue is the shape. On a traditional car it'll slide off as soon as a little bit is melted, the cybertruck just has a shelf where the snow can accumulate.
It seems like every Tesla is just Musk discovering why traditional car makers do things the way they do the hard way.
Yeah a shelf in front of the lights is some big brain
It is, just not as bad
I'm convinced this car was AI generated
Good this way every other driver isn't blended by the stupid laser beam headlights.
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