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Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones. (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 39 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The reason to eliminate door handles that Tesla and others typically give is aerodynamic efficiency. Granted there are other bigger aerodynamic problems. gestures at the rest of the fucking truck

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    aerodynamic efficiency

    For internal door handles?

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    The improvement removing the handles is there, but negligible. Especially considering the safety implications. Didn't China ban flush door handles for safety reasons?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Didn’t China ban flush door handles for safety reasons?

    Yeah, but that literally just happened last month and doesn't take effect until January 2027. It's not like they did that years ago because they saw it coming.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    That's just nonsense justification they came up with after the fact. Ferraris have door handles, so clearly they're not much of an issue.

    Anyway the car isn't going to exceed 80 miles an hour anyways so aerodynamics barely comes into it.

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