Tesla Cybertruck: How deadly is it?(medium.com) |
Tesla Cybertruck: How deadly is it?(medium.com) |
These minimize/protect the vehicle from damage in low speed collisions not pedestrians. The insurance industry lobbied for them and my guess is that the "cybertruck" will ultimately come with some form of bumper.
As a pedestrian, what you certainly don't want to be hit with is a hood ornament like those on Jaguars. Fun fact originally hood ornaments were statically affixed to the vehicle before people realized they would eviscerate pedestrians.
Not sure what that says for the Tesla, or modern suv/cuvs in general.
Also, the actual bumpers have been invisible, as they now hide behind plastic facias. No cars have metal front ends anymore for pedestrian safety. Even hoods have a required clerance above the engine, hence the recent high hooline trend. Not sure how the electric truck will handle that gracefully.