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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months ago

It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

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Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 months ago
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One for the history books.
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    Had to look up the Edsel to see what a shifter in the middle of the steering wheel would look like.

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      On the next car I design, the shifter will be located in the trunk. Just to keep things interesting.

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        Gives the trunk monkey something to do.

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        The only thing nuttier might be door release handles under the floor mats.

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          So you own a Tesla, I see.

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            Nah, but the crash after which four people burned to death while talking to the 911 dispatcher because they couldn’t open the doors happened just outside my city.

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              I’ve been in cars with electronic doors and the emergency latch is always super obvious, brightly coloured, and in one case glowed in the dark. For some reason Tesla feel the need to hide it.

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                Style points…

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                GM has been killing people with electric door locks long before Tesla.

                https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/11/texas-man-dog-die-trapped-corvette/71053474/

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              It’s a feature. Free cremation upon death. You’re welcome.

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      I mean … I don’t hate it…

      Half of cars today have push-button shifters anyway, and the steering wheel is kind of a fun and novel place to put them.

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        It’s definitely more intriguing than my boring airbag steering wheel.

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          Dude, the Edsel didn’t even have seatbelts.

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            Didn’t need them because no one bought them.

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          I’ve been driving for years and I’ve never used my airbag even once. What a waste of money.

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            But it’s a casino game…sometime in the future it will blow up in your face for no reason.

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