• Hannes@feddit.org
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    4 months ago

    How do they plan to sell it in Europe when pedestrian survival change is a necessary part of crash tests?

    That car is slicing everyone in half that it hits and even if it isn’t that hood being steel will smash everyone’s head it.

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      4 months ago

      If i see one in Poland im gonna very lightly scratch it with a key so that the scratch rusts for ever.

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        4 months ago

        That’s overkill, LITERALLY just throw saltwater on it. You would only need to scratch a surface that has some kind of coating. These are just bare stainless, and not even very corrosion resistant stainless at that.

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      It is never going to be sold in the EU because of how horribly unsafe it is for everyone around it.

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      4 months ago

      Probably the same way it was able to be released in the USA, they paid the off the crash testers. USA NTSB is a joke. Whatever happened to their power to force cars to have safety.

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        4 months ago

        Did you finish watching that video?

        It has independent rear wheel steering.
        That’s the rear wheels turning in, because they’re meant to pivot.

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          I don’t care, that’s still broken. The inertia from a sudden hard impact should not cause a non-impacted wheel to either move or even suddenly ‘steer’ for any reason.

          Yes I totally get that these are extreme forces in question, but the parts and suspension system should be built stronger than that, where inertia alone won’t cause damage to non-impacted parts on the opposite end of the vehicle.

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        4 months ago

        If you watched the whole video, he later dismisses it as the back wheels can turn as well, so they probably just folded in without them necessarily breaking

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          4 months ago

          Now I’m no genius, but I am something of a mechanic, with experience in suspension systems amongst many other things.

          I can assure you that there is absolutely no reason for a non-impacted wheel to ‘fold in’ like you said, I don’t care if it has rear wheel steering or not.

          That shit’s just straight up broke yo.