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by yurishimo 927 days ago
That’s not how crash tests work. To be able to get the vehicle certified, they drive the car into concrete barriers at a variety of angles and evaluate dummies for injuries. If the injuries are too severe, then the car will fail. In addition, there must be mitigations in place for what happens to wheels/engines in a crash scenario. If the engine immediately gets flung out of the engine bay, it will fail. Yes, I understand this is an electric vehicle.

In reality, modern cars are extremely safe (as much as a 2 ton hunk of metal can be).

Now, this calculation may be different for other vehicles involved in an accident with a cybertruck, but in reality, a concrete barrier is much harder than even this ugly slab of steel. The other cars are also engineered to absorb the same impacts.

Arguably the most vulnerable party in a cybertruck accident is a civilian located outside of a vehicle.

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So where are the test results for the Cybertruck? Most modern cars are built in somewhat similar ways, Cybertruck is a huge outlier in construction. So I think it is very reasonable to ask whether that affects the safety of the vehicle.
If you some of the video you can see some of the Tests. You will find the data in the same place you find it for all vehicle. At some point an official rating will be published. Given that every single Tesla vehicle has been getting elite ratings, Cybertruck will likely get the same.