Even the Tesla Cybertruck’s Brake Lights Don’t Make Sense::Brake lights shouldn’t be confusing, but Tesla’s determined to be different with the Cybertruck, for better or worse.
Wow, what a dumb design. It actually looks less like it’s braking with the brake lights on.
It’s also got the whole brake light and turn signal are the same light thing I hate too. Just keep them separate lights with a yellow light for the turn signal.
I don’t get how that’s legal in some parts of the world.
American manufacturing don’t want to have to change anything in their production lines so most American cars have only a red taillight that flashes the same bulk for brakes and turn signal.
It is lazy and unsafe but it would probably cost a few pennies to have an orange turn signal light so it is more profit not to do it.
I’ve read that it used to be done on purpose to prevent models meant for US to be sold in other parts of the world, and the other way around.
Conversions are not straightforward since on US models there’s a single wire that goes to a single bulb and carries both the brake (steady) and turn (blink) signals, while in other places there’s a distinct turn bulb with it’s own wire.
All the more reason it should be illegal! It is in other parts of the world.
Mixed brake and turn signals are not legal in several EU countries.
It’s been an issue with imported Jeep Wrangler US models, which run afoul not only of not having separate brake and turn lights but also not meeting spec about minimum surface of brake lights.
Some people were skirting around the regulations by registering them as off-road vehicles but those have to meet specific criteria (such as not being used primarily as a cool ride in the middle of an urban area…)
I’m not even sure its legal in the US. The mixed brake lights are one thing, but even in the US they cannot be the ONLY form of brake light. And the idea of a “center light” being the normal tail light turning OFF and being replaced with a smaller light doesn’t seem like it would meet even the relatively lax US DOT requirements.
I meant the mixed breaklight thing.
The cybertruck is a whole other level of fucking dumb.
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Aren’t there US states that require red turn signals to pass inspection?
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I know! Lets make the “brake lights” just be the normal tail lights turning off. It’ll look way cooler that way!
It’s honestly amazing because a decent amount of work had to go into making the brake lights work like this. The number of people involved who didn’t notice or care how bad this is, is baffling…
Specially in say foggy conditions and little bit distance. At which point you won’t clearly maybe differentiate individual elements and more like that’s the rear and “block of light in middle, left and right”. At which point it all little blending one might infact be under impression “the light intensity lowered at the rear, huh, not braking then, did they have they parking break dragging they released or something… ohhhjj shuiiiiiit no it is braking hard”.
My two cents from here north of Europe and land of snow, rain, fog and occasional white out conditions.
This is what happens when you think you’re smarter than decades of lessons in vehicle safety design. Elon Musk is truly a dumb person’s idea of a smart person.
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You’d have to be a moron to buy one of these things at this point.
honestly, if you even buy an Elonmobile these days, it’s kind of embarrassing… people will make fun of you behind your back now because of it and weird Elon bros will approach you. I had so many middle aged Elon bros come up to me and peddle crypto to me while I was charging, it’s crazy. you really really have to be a super moron Elon fan to buy one today
Which really sucks because when you do the math for range and efficiency honestly nothing else really approaches the Tesla still. The closest is Hyundai with their iconic series but as aging Wheels did a video on recently the charging situation for non Tesla cars is just abysmal at the moment most Chargers are broken, derated, or just otherwise somehow not easily functional whereas the Tesla charging stations rarely have issues
They really puts a wet towel on my desire to own an electric vehicle
yeah they’re still capable cars if you can get over the terrible QA off the line. but like it or not, buying a Tesla these days is almost like making a political statement. it’s just way more annoying to own one these days than something that’s more low profile
Weren’t there articles like literally 2 days ago beinf posted about how they lied about the range so bad people were taking their cara in for service because they thought the batteries were faulty? (Then Tesla gets to charge a service fee too)
I didn’t see that, but I would not put it past them. However as mentioned the Aging Wheel videos shows how trying to actually charge your car anywhere other than home is a massive pain in the ass with anything other than Tesla which would still be a huge deal breaker.
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Nothing else comes close in price to model 3 in the us after federal tax rebate and not having dealer markups. After dealer markups the only one comparable is a Chevy Bolt that may be ~2k under the M3, but you end up with a car that has a top speed of 90 mph and abysmal fast charging.
I would say ioniq 5/6 are better cars, but you would be looking at paying ~15k more.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=U0YW7x9U5TQ
Honestly all of Technology Connections’ videos on brake lights, but this is the newest. Also, I would give y’all a Piped link but you should have an auto redirect setup anyway (and there is that lovely bot).
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Someone actually bought this n64 piece of shit?
More like Atari Jaguar or the 3DO. Absolute trash.
That is insane. The “brake lights” are effectively just the regular tail lights turning OFF and being replaced with smaller less bright lights. That is stupid.
Still can’t believe this made it to production
Homer Simpson ass lookin car
Homer Simpson at least had the intent of making a car that would meet the needs of his imagined consumer. I don’t know who the hell this truck was designed for.
That looks like a shitty future car mock-up for a late 80’s future/action movie. Like Robocop or an Arnold movie 🤣 Only Elon would fund something this unappealing.
It looks like something RIGHT out of Robocop, which is funny because the stupid fucking cars was actually a point of satire in that movie.
I think Elon missed the the obvious joke, as per usual lol
Much like naming a company “X”
Maybe he’s hoping people will start calling him the X-man.
Dear god… I think you could be onto something.
I legit didn’t think this thing was real.
I’d rather have a Nissan Cube, or a PT Cruiser, than this shitty thing.
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You know I was about say I really like the kia soul thinking that is surely what you meant since I have never heard of a car called Cube before… And then I looked it up first.
And giggled for a few minutes on the couch like an idiot.That is such a derpy car. Thank you.
The Nissan Juke is also odd.
Wow… Does Nissan just copy other designs while viewing them through like a fun house mirror cause that’s clearly trying to be a wonky Fiat.
This comes to mind.
If the Homer and Canyonero had a baby
“Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! Canyonero…🎵🎵🎵”
Why the F isn’t the brake light at the top of the rear windshield like any other car ? Well, it was probably not easy to CAD on a Sony PS1, they had to make compromises.
Ok call me crazy but wouldn’t the requirements be written in law? I’d expect in many countries it simply wouldn’t be able to be sold.
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Yes they need to be separate lights and yellow here in NZ. We mostly follow japan’s car safety rules so probably the same in many countries
Yellow? Brake lights are red, reversing lights white (which could be considered yellow).
Edit: I’m seriously confused with the downvotes. I live in NZ, and have never heard of yellow brake lights. The requirement is that they are red. Did I miss something?
There’s a video in the article and… oof, that’s good to know in case I end up behind one. It’s definitely a bit confusing and likely won’t alert distracted drivers because the red light is always present. (Not that drivers should be distracted on the road, but it happens often.)
We’ll turn off the lights off to show just the brake lights! Brilliant!
