No crumple zone?

[Lightglass]

Looking at the front and rear gigacastings on the Sandy Monroe video with the 5 top Tesla engineers, you can see they have waves cast in to the front and rear mounting horns that are clearly progressive resistance crumple zones. In the event of a crash- the casting will need to be replaced. May be simpler and cheaper than you think. $100 to $150 worth of recyclable aluminum in the casting. Takes Tesla 3 minutes to cast one. Add the Tesla markup…say $1800ish for the front casting?

 

[DarkandStormy]

https://x.com/cybertruck/status/1734658118846455864

 

[AlanSubie4Life]

https://x.com/cybertruck/status/1734658118846455864

Notably this looks like the offset test (perhaps at 40mph, not 35mph) into a deformable barrier. And as predicted, the rear passenger side airbag goes off this time as the vehicle rotates and the rear jerks to the right.

 

[terranx]

but I’m not an automotive engineer…

Neither is Elon

 

[blodg1]

Looking at the front and rear gigacastings on the Sandy Monroe video with the 5 top Tesla engineers, you can see they have waves cast in to the front and rear mounting horns that are clearly progressive resistance crumple zones. In the event of a crash- the casting will need to be replaced. May be simpler and cheaper than you think. $100 to $150 worth of recyclable aluminum in the casting. Takes Tesla 3 minutes to cast one. Add the Tesla markup…say $1800ish for the front casting?

That's a solid guess. The structural Y & CT front castings are $1895. When you consider the warehousing and logistics involved, the price is extremely reasonable.

 

[ecarfan]

Neither is Elon

True, which is why he has hundreds of real automotive engineers working for him.

 

[DarkandStormy]

Tesla Cybertruck crumple zones rely on shattering gigacastings for occupant safety — repair cost implications could be dire

Tesla recently explained how the crumple zones in the Cybertruck help protect the electric pickup truck's occupants. As opposed to a bending frame, collisions seem to obliterate the entire front gigacasting. The Cybertruck's safety has been called into question a number of times due to its stiff...

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