Few cars generated as much interest last year as the Tesla Cybertruck. The unconventionally shaped pick-up has raised a lot of questions, including about safety. It passed all the necessary crash tests, but how will the sharp-cut stainless steel body perform in a real accident? At least it is partially known, because at the end of December, the first Cybetruck crashed in California.
On December 28 around two o’clock in the afternoon, according to a police report cited by an American website Autopianthere was an accident on the road near Palo Alta, California, which involved a Tesla Cybertruck and also a 2009 Toyota Corolla. It was the 17-year-old driver of the Japanese compact car, for unknown reasons, who first drove off the road on the right side of the car, then turned left, crossed the double center line and crashed into a passing Cybertruck.
While the published amateur footage of the accident, which appeared on the Reddit social network, shows that the Tesla is relatively undamaged, while the Toyota, on the other hand, is essentially a write-off with a significantly damaged front end, only the driver of the electric pickup had to go to the hospital with injuries. The other two passengers were unharmed, as were the drivers of the Toyota.
This is probably the first ever Cybertruck accident, and Autopian suggests that it could be a car belonging directly to Tesla. Texas license plates reveal him, among other things, and the driver’s name is said to match the name of an American car company engineer who lives in San Francisco.
The circumstances of the accident are still under investigation, but the road was supposed to be wet and it is certain that Tesla was not driving on autopilot at the time of the accident. So it was fully controlled by the driver. Recall that the Cybertruck’s very strong stainless steel body raised a number of safety-related questions when it was introduced at the end of November last year. Allegedly, it should not be possible to deform it even with various machines, which Elon Musk boasted about at the launch, the newspaper reminds San Francisco Chronicle.
While the Cybertruck is not going to Europe, deliveries started in America at the turn of November and December of last year. The cheapest version with rear-wheel drive and a range of about 402 kilometers costs from 1.36 million crowns, but it will not be available until next year.
This year, the automaker wants to deliver a version with all-wheel drive, a larger battery and a range of 547 kilometers in conversion for about 1.79 million crowns, or the fastest version of the Cyberbeast also with all-wheel drive. It can sprint from 0 to 97 km/h in 2.6 seconds, travel about 515 kilometers on a single charge and cost about 2.24 million crowns. At most, the Cybertruck can carry over a ton of cargo and tow up to a five-tonne trailer.
2024-01-02 13:48:47
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