• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Yes, but that doesn’t make the car unreliable.
    Also funny story is that car safety is abhorrent in USA today compared to Europe. Especially with American pickup trucks.
    USA was absolutely in the front on research on for instance seat belts, but Europe made them mandatory to have and wear first, because in USA it was delayed because they were afraid it would slow down car sales! (AFAIK)
    Crash tests were expensive, so I bet that started in USA first too, because American car companies had way more money than in Europe.Still how did the Cybertruck pass? We’ve seen the crash test of that, and it’s an absolute killer car for the driver in a crash. A broken neck is almost guaranteed!
    There is no way Cyber Truck would pass car safety standards in Europe!

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      23 hours ago

      That may all be true. I think companies are now relying on airbags to do a lot of the legwork in crashes nowadays. but the talk was of reliability not safety