Crashworthiness with an exoskeleton?

[Doc Brown]

So - Tesla prides itself on a few things, including efficiency (saving the planet) and safety (Tesla’s are least likely to have an injured passenger). Crash test performance is outstanding on existing Tesla models.

the exoskeleton seems like an interesting concept - but I wonder what the crashworthiness is of the Cybertruck - and how occupants would do in a collision. Anyone with expertise have any idea?

 

[jelloslug]

It's a unibody with bonded exterior panels.

 

[user212_nr]

So - Tesla prides itself on a few things, including efficiency (saving the planet) and safety (Tesla’s are least likely to have an injured passenger). Crash test performance is outstanding on existing Tesla models.

the exoskeleton seems like an interesting concept - but I wonder what the crashworthiness is of the Cybertruck - and how occupants would do in a collision. Anyone with expertise have any idea?

Lots of threads on this already, but no clear answers. Obviously, the exoskeleton provides excellent protection to the car, but transfers additional forces to the interior. So one way of handling this is to provide some "crumple zone" inside of the frame and allow the interior to move under a heavy impact. They didn't mention anything about it, so they may still be "in development", but I think it should be very possible.

Looked like there was a lot of space inside the cab - usually the bigger the car, the less that safety is difficult to engineer.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]