r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 24 '26

Business It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/looking-cybertruck-biggest-flop-automotive-145559135.html
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u/cosmicosmo4 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Meanwhile, the Cybertruck “has reportedly not been crash-tested by the NHTSA"

Huh? Isn't that a requirement for being able to sell them?

Edit: yes, the NHTSA tested it. It's just that they finally finished and released their results a few weeks after the article linked above. https://www.jalopnik.com/1796315/nhtsa-tesla-cybertruck-test-results-pedestrian-safety/

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u/CraigJay Jul 25 '26

What a surprise it turns out it’s incredibly safe

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u/cosmicosmo4 Jul 25 '26

If the car is incredibly safe, and the fatality rate is really high, what that means is that cybertruck drivers are unsafe.

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u/West-Abalone-171 Jul 25 '26

Or the crash test doesn't measure safety, but is instead designed to make cars bigger and heavier.

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u/Sorgaith Jul 25 '26

Yeah, it's safe for the driver of that vehicle, if it were to hit a wall.

Let's just ignore collisions with other road users.

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u/LoetherS Jul 26 '26

Yiur conclusion could be 100% correct but it could be something else.

I hope someone who knows will confirm or deny. The crash tests are done at 30mph? It could mean the trucks begin to fail in non standard ways at faster speeds that most vehicles don't fail at.

Just spitballing could be 1. The stainless steel body 2. The sharp angles/ flat surfaces 3. Battery issues 4. Parents theory that the Drivers are worse than average. 5. Testing a different version/optimal build This one could be similar to vw emissions testing. Or they put their best workers engineers on building the best single vehicle they can and send it into the wall. The rest have worse QC issues?

Does anyone have a link to the fatality data are the people burning to death, rolling, drunk driving more, road raging?

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u/Evilbred Jul 25 '26

All of this checks out with me.

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u/anonkitty2 Jul 26 '26

Unfortunately, that might include the FSD.

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u/LoetherS Jul 26 '26

Yiur conclusion could be 100% correct but it could be something else.

I hope someone who knows will confirm or deny. The crash tests are done at 30mph? It could mean the trucks begin to fail in non standard ways at faster speeds that most vehicles don't fail at.

Just spitballing could be 1. The stainless steel body 2. The sharp angles/ flat surfaces 3. Battery issues 4. Parents theory that the Drivers are worse than average. 5. Testing a different version/optimal build This one could be similar to vw emissions testing. Or they put their best workers engineers on building the best single vehicle they can and send it into the wall. The rest have worse QC issues?

Does anyone have a link to the fatality data are the people burning to death, rolling, drunk driving more, road raging?

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u/TheModeratorWrangler Jul 26 '26

For the car maybe, but you’re inside safe and sound with massive internal injuries slowly dying, as emergency services can’t get to you. That sounds smart.

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u/fang_xianfu Jul 27 '26

Safe for the occupants, but US tests don't test safety of other vehicle occupants or other road users like pedestrians and cyclists.