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Tesla Cybertruck

But Elon bad and Elon truck bad. Thus, every-time someone sneezes near a cybertruck it makes the news. :p

The one that didn't make the ones was that some Tesla engineer told ThrottleHouse that the Cybertruck doors “Try Harder” to self-close after they’ve been repeatedly obstructed. I propose whomever approved and implemented this try it with their heads as an obstruction.
 
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It is and it isn't news. There are more ICE fires and more ICE fires per capita than EVs - but the intensity of those fires is so much worse since the batteries have all they need to burn. You can't put them out with traditional methods and the temperatures are so much hotter. If my ICE vehicle has an engine fire, I can just get out and walk away from it before it injures me. Once a lithium battery catches fire, it's almost explosive in the heat it creates, and the source of the heat is often directly under the passenger compartment - so you can't get out without going through the flames.
 
gaasc said:
But Elon bad and Elon truck bad. Thus, every-time someone sneezes near a cybertruck it makes the news. :p
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Although I get this, it bugs me.
Yes, Elon is batshit insane, we know this.
Yes the Cybertruck is crap, we know this.
Yes, fire bad, we know this.
Yes, although EVs are less likely to catch fire, once they do, they are more difficult to put out.

It’s just that none of these things are related?
 
There was a fire recently at the local airport parking garage. My mom (who lives in the rural midwest, and voted for Trump at least once, likely twice) texted me after she saw it reported on Fox to ask if I still felt safe having our EV plugged in and parked so close to our home.

A few important details:
1) The fire in question didn't involve any EVs at all. All ICE, though there was a hybrid or two in the mix of vehicles that caught fire, but weren't the source.
2) My parents had a vehicle that had a recall specifically dealing with a parked, turned-off vehicle spontaneously catching fire.
3) The issue at the center of that recall actually burned down someone's house.
4) They knew about their recall, but hadn't bothered taking their vehicle in, despite parking it IN their attached garage (we park our EV outside).
 
NecroJoe said:
There was a fire recently at the local airport parking garage. My mom (who lives in the rural midwest, and voted for Trump at least once, likely twice) texted me after she saw it reported on Fox to ask if I still felt safe having our EV plugged in and parked so close to our home.

A few important details:
1) The fire in question didn't involve any EVs at all. All ICE, though there was a hybrid or two in the mix of vehicles that caught fire, but weren't the source.
2) My parents had a vehicle that had a recall specifically dealing with a parked, turned-off vehicle spontaneously catching fire.
3) The issue at the center of that recall actually burned down someone's house.
4) They knew about their recall, but hadn't bothered taking their vehicle in, despite parking it IN their attached garage (we park our EV outside).
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Does she use a cell phone? Ask her the same thing.
 
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To be honest, for me that's non-news: drivers crash ICE cars all the time, sometimes those cars go up in flames as well and nobody bats an eye. Why would a crash with a Cybertruck be any different? It's not that driving a Cybertruck is bulletproof (pun intended) so you're still in charge of driving yourself or supervising the Autopilot so anything a stupid driver in an ICE car can do a stupid driver in a Cybertruck can do as well.
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gaasc said:
But Elon bad and Elon truck bad. Thus, every-time someone sneezes near a cybertruck it makes the news. :p

The one that didn't make the ones was that some Tesla engineer told ThrottleHouse that the Cybertruck doors “Try Harder” to self-close after they’ve been repeatedly obstructed. I propose whomever approved and implemented this try it with their heads as an obstruction.
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I agree with you when you compare EVs to ICEs, but I think it is different when it is a Cybertruck because the other manufacturers don't advertise their vehicles as "apocalypse/bullet proof", or that say that "in a crash against another vehicle, you win".
And let's not talk about "Full self driving", which is neither of the three.
 
If Musk gave it to him, isn't that illegal under sanctions law?
 
Ooh, that's a good point, especially if they are using it in combat.
 
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Stolen from Reddit. Story is dude didn't tie in a bundle of deck boards, hilarity insued.
 
He was probably excited to show the acceleration with a "full load". 😅
 
NecroJoe said:
jalopnik.com

You Can Just Peel Open A Cybertruck Like An Orange

With a little effort, a thief in Atlanta, Georgia was able to gain entrance into the incredibly secure Tesla Cybertruck
jalopnik.com jalopnik.com
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The thief gets out of the passenger door, pops the window open a crack and then peels it down.
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the piping the window open a crack sounds like the usual frameless window thing.
But what is peel it down even supposed to mean in this context? I don’t understand what they’re trying to say, because it certainly must be something different than the peeling of an orange (which is clearly impossible with a glass window?), despite the title using that exact wording. I am confused.

Funny how the owner never got any notification in his app but then has footage from the cam available… so he didn’t have sentry enabled, but also he did? Not buying it 🤣
 
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Hahahaha ok it actually is peeled like an orange. wtf. fair played. I was somehow under the impression I was missing a different meaning of peel or something, but the orange thing really made me question that. wow.
 
Come on, it's Georgia.
Should be "like a peach"
 
CraigB said:
Who peels peaches to eat them?
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I've probably consumed 10x as many peaches "canned" (both commercial and homemade) as I have fresh, so they definitely do get peeled to eat them. That said...I would have just gone with the more ubiquitous avatar for "things peeled" and used "banana" instead.
 
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