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Look, I applaud them for trying to be unique, but man that has to be the ugliest vehicle I've ever seen. As for concerns about it's safety, I'd be concerned too considering how little space there appears to be between the driver and the front of the vehicle. Also, the last thing you want on a 30mph road is an acceleration pedal that immediately tries to show off how fast it can hit 60mph.
There are no crumple zones. Like, I didn't realize that was even legal.
Of course there are crumple zones. I have no idea why people are parroting this nonsense. Here's a video that explains it:
https://youtu.be/9ll2_BDZpI4
Did you watch that video? There's no crumple zone! The front end bounces back off that wall almost immediately! When the host was saying he doesn't see a difference, there was a pretty big difference in how the cybertruck bounced backwards but the truck settled down.
i feel like, at most, it would be accurate to say "this has a rather bad crumple zone that is liable to turning you into chunky marinara on the interior of your car". by modern standards it's hilarious
So that doesn't really debunk the statement. Like the other comment says, the Cybertruck bounces a lot more than the F150. Tesla says the underside of the front end is designed to break apart, but from what I can see online the actual safety is still up in the air.
As someone who used to drive a 63 W Bus, you get used to it. I used to use the headlight housing as a footrest on road trips.