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Not what I expected, looks like it collapsed like any other truck would have, and knowing the cost of Tesla repairs your cybertruck would be too expensive
 

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Not what I expected, looks like it collapsed like any other truck would have, and knowing the cost of Tesla repairs your cybertruck would be too expensive
I’m fairly certain these tests would total any vehicle
 


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That CyberBAW cracked like a whip!!?
We now know CyberBAW helps the airflow around the driver's 'A' pillar (To improve Cd, add one to passenger side!?!?! )
Tesla could consider an 'air-foil' / dummy BAW to 'mirror' and reduce aero resistance......
BAW_WING....coming to Tesla Shop!?!?!
'The answer is BAW_Wing in the wind'
 

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Update: note that the windshield 'sprinkles' glass up in the CT ... same for into the cabin?
 
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I’d be interested in this still showing the rear wheels

ultimately I’m with @CyberGus that these tests are about how the people survive, because the vehicles don’t

but if the crash is instead at 15mph, how much does the CyberTruck rear wheel do this:

Tesla Cybertruck Crash Test Results of Cybertruck (Video & Photos) -- Frontal Collision @ 35mph, Side Impact @ 38mph, Rollover Test 64DCC3FF-B029-452D-82D0-C5E739C22653
 

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but if the crash is instead at 15mph, how much does the CyberTruck rear wheel do this:

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I noticed the wheel as well. Perhaps it was a belated “escape maneuver” attempt by the computer?
 


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I noticed the wheel as well. Perhaps it was a belated “escape maneuver” attempt by the computer?
I suppose it’s as good a guess as any, but these vehicles aren’t generally powered on for these tests. And watching the behavior of the wheel doesn’t appear to be a turning behavior
 

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Update: note that the windshield 'sprinkles' glass up in the CT ... same for into the cabin?
In slow motion the "sprinkles" are coincident with the passenger airbag inflation. With so much void between the occupants and the windshield they probably need to fill that space with airbag to prevent unbuckled passengers from sliding into that space. Airbags are often designed to protect even unbuckled folks. I'd wager that the airbag breaks the window when it inflates.
 

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Not what I expected, looks like it collapsed like any other truck would have, and knowing the cost of Tesla repairs your cybertruck would be too expensive
It's designed to do that.
it's not allowed on the road if it doesn't.
 

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At first I thought that would be dangerous, didn’t know they implemented those safety features. Thank you
The whole point of having a compressible front structure is to reduce the g force load on the passengers. You want to have a slow deceleration of the passengers not a fast one.

This is simply because you can reduce the impact energy of the passengers by increasing the time the energy is absorbed over. This works because the car hits well before the passengers are subject to the forces, and can also move forwards into the restraints and airbags.

An abrupt stop from a non-deforming front structure means all the force is put on the person instead at one time, meaning unsurvivable amounts of g-forces that would crush and tear a body apart.

Imagine falling onto a mattress or a solid concrete floor. The car is the passengers "soft mattress" in a collision and must compress to reduce the force.

This way the people survive the impact but the car doesn't. This is intentional and by design in nearly every modern vehicle.

The best crash is a totaled car where you still walk away from.

Car and repairs are the last thing on your mind.

I still don't know why people aren't doing outside airbags though...best of both worlds.
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