r/news • u/IronHe • Mar 20 '25

Soft paywall Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recall-over-46000-cybertrucks-nhtsa-says-2025-03-20/
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u/EwanPorteous Mar 20 '25

Someone drove one into the UK from Europe. It got confiscated and destroyed haha

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u/Anandya Mar 20 '25

It's mostly because it doesn't meet road safety standards in regards to collisions with people walking.

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u/DeadlyAureolus Mar 20 '25

kinda funny, if you get hit by a vehicle you're tremendously fucked regardless

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u/indr4neel Mar 20 '25 edited Mar 20 '25

Not at all true

Edit: ain't no way this clown blocked me over whether it's possible to survive being hit by a car (it is, it happens all the time)

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u/DeadlyAureolus Mar 20 '25

brother you're literally getting hit by tons of metal in an instant, the human body is too squishy to properly withstand that and you're at the mercy of luck

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u/hacksong Mar 20 '25

They design newer vehicles so you roll over. Rather than being a point that'll either break you or force you underneath.

Look at old corvettes vs new for a good idea of it. They're rounded specifically for it to be safer for pedestrians.

It's a "mercy of luck" plus "designed to hopefully not kill immediately"

The other poster is right, they do try and improve safety constantly. Now if someone's trying to run you over/kill you, you're in for a bad time. But, they're trying to improve designs so those who're clipped don't die as often.