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0 pointsFirmwareBurner2y ago0 comments

Exactly. You don't want pedestrians and cyclists being impaled or decapitated on the sharp and pointy edges of your car in case of accidents.

This isn't Mad Max or a zombie apocalypse to warrant such design choices on the road.

I'm surprised that it's legal in the US.

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BizarreByte2y ago

> I'm surprised that it's legal in the US.

It's okay, the Cybertruck is for the wealthy and as we all know they are more important. The poors who it will kill can barely be considered people so who cares?

Even better, the truck may on its on volition decide to take some of the poors out without the driver's input.

ModernMech2y ago

It seems to me like someone is designing these for the war zone in their head.

This all started with the bio-attack mode on the ModelX. Now we have bullet proof windows, armor plating, and sharp edges. What’s next a retractable Gatling gun? Will people bat an eye?

malermeister2y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if Elon designed these as a getaway vehicle should the poors decide to rise up.

Need a Mad Max car to take you to your escape rocket - now all of his endeavors make sense!

meepmorp2y ago

> What’s next a retractable Gatling gun?

If you need a high rate of fire and are space/weight/power constrained, you might be better served by using a Gast gun design, like the GSh-23. You don't get to the same max rate of fire, but you also don't need to spin up the barrels or use an external power source to drive the gun.

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