r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 14d ago
A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well. The frunk update worked well on produce, but crushed his finger and left it shaking with a dent. Social Media
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtuber-cybertrunk-finger-test-frunk-sensor-2024-51
u/Pe-Te_FIN 11d ago
I thought that feature was added for safety, but apparently Tesla made the change so people can make youtube vids.
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u/GunSlingingRaccoonII 12d ago
oh no. Any way.....
Worth it for the views and internet points no doubt. Anyone else wish they could divorce this species?
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u/After_Dark94 12d ago
When has closing a trunk without this automatic thing become the standard ? This is coming from a guy that never had a self closing trunk on his car. Like I understand the ability to close it from the drivers position , and in case you got some disability that somehow prevents you from doing it, altho how are you safe to drive if you can't close a trunk?
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u/velvetreddit 13d ago
But whyyyy? If a bag is in the way it should tell me something is in the way and either I fix it OR have to manually push the door down to push everything in.
I feel my dumb ass would have something halfway in there just thrown in correctly and my stuff would get chopped. I’d rather the sensor tell warn me to fix the problem.
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u/ScottT_Chuco 13d ago
It’s all about views… great job promoting idiocy. The YouTuber is laughing all the way to the bank
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u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh 13d ago
What the headline omits (but the video includes directly after the interesting part, and the article also mentions):
The pressure is automatically adjusted. If you stick your finger in it the first time, it'll likely open just fine (although the YouTuber chickened out testing that). If you try to close it on an obstacle over and over, it'll eventually learn that you want it to apply more pressure, and that's when it will chop both veggies and fingers.
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u/Bman1465 13d ago
Oh my god, so the Cybertruck is actually being produced?! Even the Avantime looked better, cmon. Some things should just stay as concept cars
Second, this guy is basically the kid who tries playing with forks in the toaster
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u/LunarLinguist42401 13d ago
Never trust these anti fucking pl sensors, they don't exist to fully and reliably block fuck ups, they exist to help you lessen the risk of damages in case of you fucking up
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u/Macho-Fantastico 13d ago
The crazy amount of coping I've seen from folks trying to jusitfy purchasing one of these Cybertrucks is crazy. Not even the most Elon Musk worshipping idiot can say this thing is a good product.
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u/ReverseTornado 13d ago
Is this similar to that flat earth guy who proved the earth is round on accident but still continues to believe it’s flat anyway.
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u/SensitivePotato3 13d ago
Yea fuck Tesla, no one has ever closed the door or trunk on their finger with a normal car
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u/AtLeast37Goats 13d ago
I mean…
Historically you’ve never been able to close any door or trunk on any extremity without taking damage.
I’m not sure why this is news worthy. You wouldn’t close a door on your hand. And the front door of my house doesn’t have a safety feature to stop my hand from getting crushed. And it doesn’t need it.
Why is any of this a thing?!?
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u/Etroarl55 13d ago
So without the update it would have actually done permanent damage vs the indent?
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u/AcexOFxKnaves 13d ago
I just can’t believe in this day of age, we need to make videos about closing doors with our hands in the way to see if it hurts? I mean, if someone did that to any other car, wouldn’t the outcome be the same? Or are we mad that they didn’t implement a system for the door to automatically sense obstructions? Do you know how expensive that would be? Or future failure of said sensors. Holy cow.
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u/mrawson0928 13d ago
But why? OK, you know of a harmful issue and have been told it's fixed. But why put yourself in harms way? This is like testing bulletproof vests while wearing them. Test smarter.
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u/Tricky_Taste_8999 13d ago
To quote the late George Carlin: “Some people are really fucking stupid.”
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u/Chance_Airline_4861 13d ago
Is this the one where he puts a carrot down first, which gets snapped.
Brilliant
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u/arashi256 13d ago
Well, that was stupid. He couldn't have illustrated in some other way that wouldn't result in injury? Gotta get them views, I guess.
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u/Pale_Pepper_137 13d ago
I have seen the original video.
Dude used multiple items and the car reacted on all of em (Sticks, Carrots, etc.)
He than used his Arm: it reacted
His Hand: it reacted
Finger: car almost broke it
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u/RoyalPepper 13d ago
God damn. You know Tesla is doing something right because everyone and their mother can't shut the fuck up about them for 2 seconds. Reddit really should be changed to "teslas free advertising network dot com".
"But RoyalPepper, the attention is negative."
Tell that to the millions of cars they sell every year. Weirdos with hate in their hearts for Elon are so blinded by sycophantic obsession with him, they are actively helping enrich the man they all hate.
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u/mikloise 13d ago
I'm by no means a Tesla fan boy, but where did this expectation that auto closing trunks and frunks need to have these sensors. How did we operate the manual one for a hundred years without this being an issue?
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u/press_B_for_bombs 13d ago
This sub feels like mostly a circle jerk for Elon hate and every once in a while an article about graphene.
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u/Distinct-Avocado-899 13d ago
He didn't talk about Elon in that one. He highlighted the progress Tesla did with their new update. He showed that it will stop at your hand, but not the fingers
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u/Little_Buffalo 13d ago
Damn, I thought that was fake! Apparently I give too much credit to my fellow humans.
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u/Clearskies37 13d ago
A Tesla engineer told him the next day that it's an algorithm that's programmed to learn to close harder after multiple attempts of putting luggage in there. So after the produce, he didn't know it, but was closing harder each time. The first time it tried to close it took almost no pressure at all to lift back up
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u/Arikaido777 13d ago
wow, i just watched a man almost lose his finger for the views. we're absolutely cooked
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u/tellingitlikeitis338 13d ago
How can the engineers have been this stupid? Please crazy fuckshit fan boys open your eyes about musk - complete moron.
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u/Cygnusaurus 13d ago
lol, I did something similar, but for a good reason I felt. When we were shopping for a minivan, the salesman mentioned how the sliding door has a sensor so it won’t pinch the kid’s fingers if it closed on them. I then tested it on my hand immediately! It worked, and the look of shock on the salesman’s face was priceless!
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u/HarambeXRebornX 13d ago
The video actually proved it works relatively well, all he got was a little bruising, so about 1-2 days of minor pain with use before full recovery, that's not bad for a feature that should absolutely cut off a finger, the amount of pressure control you would need avoid seriously hurting a finger is a lot more delicate then someone might think since fingers themselves are a lot more delicate most people realize. Maybe if it was a little kid putting their pinky in you could see some real damage, which arguably is the most likely scenerio for finger crushing.
Obviously I wouldn't trust even the best manufacturer with my finger, but worst case scenerio here he would have just gone to the hospital to have it re-stiched which is a very common procedure and reliable procedure and gotten a big pay day from Tesla. You can't really dummy proof everything, and if they make the pressure too weak the doors will fail to close any time there's something even remotely sticking out in the trunk or other shit like that.
I know the point of the post is to hate on the creator for using a Tesla product because yall are OBSESSED with Elon Musk but cmon. For a "technology" subreddit this sub does nothing but post garbage and just be dumb as bricks in generals, I can almost guarantee the average IQ around here is below a 100, Dunning-Kruger Effect working at its finest here.
Also, the word crushing here is extremely misleading, it was barely bruised if even that numbnuts. A crushed finger turns red or purple from the skin and bone crushing together, you'll see major deformation of the finger too, it can bleed too, and it's 1-4 week long no use recoveries depending on the severity, severity which can vary by a lot.
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u/Engineer-of-Gallura 13d ago
"The YouTuber attempted to try the test again with his finger without trying other objects or his arm first but backed away every time the frunk was about to close."
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u/jsebrech 13d ago
Children’s fingers get lost in doors all the time. Happened at a daycare that I know of, child stuck their finger in the gap of an open door, somebody closed the door and took their fingertip right off. If any regular old door can do it, is it really a surprise that a high-powered motorized frunk can do the same?
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u/Short-Alarm-9078 13d ago
"Shaking with a dent" is not exactly life threatening or even that scary tbh
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u/Odd_Land_2383 13d ago
what did he/she expect. you wouldn’t do it with your own house door but you’d do it with a car door🤦♀️ some people man.
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u/KingKnotts 13d ago
You can literally do it with circular saws, it's an extremely common feature with them. And people do demonstrate that the feature works. You say people wouldn't do it with their house door, not only does it not actually make sense for a house door to have that feature but if someone told you that your new advanced door that you installed had this feature to prevent it.... Tons of people wouldn't believe them and would insist on being shown it worked. Since it's NOT some hard to believe feature and people getting their fingers caught on car doors isn't exactly THAT uncommon.
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u/Odd_Land_2383 13d ago
brudda you can tell me my kitchen door has a new sensor, that when i close it on my finger it won’t close fully because you built a sensor into it….. i still wouldn’t test it out on my finger hahaha what on earth am i reading right now😂😂
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u/KingKnotts 13d ago
I mean honestly if you told me my kitchen door had a sensor for that I would test it by closing it on my whole hand at a moderate speed so even without a sensor it wouldn't hurt. Testing on one finger is stupid but, the technology literally does exist for doing exactly that EXTREMELY reliably and is READILY available when it comes to doing this if a company actually wanted to. So someone actually believing a company claiming to have done so isn't exactly unreasonable... Like they expected a VERY simple to implement safety feature they were told existed... would work. FFS there were minivans that had this for the back seat doors over a decade ago specifically because so many people got them because they had a bunch of kids, and kids aren't exactly the brightest and a child getting their fingers caught on an automatic door isnt hard to foresee. Meanwhile the feature makes the vehicle appear as a safer choice by what amounts to having a few sensors put in to cover most of it, and to close the last bit SLOWLY and to open back up if it meets resistance.
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u/tuekappel 13d ago
Circular saws has this safety feature, where grounding the blade will stop it immediately. How is this not implemented?
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u/chiraltoad 13d ago
A. Why do we need trunks that close automatically? I've lived my whole life without this and am perfectly happy.
B. You wouldn't shut your finger in a normal car door or any door on purpose anyways, because yes, it will hurt your finger. All kids learn this.
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u/YourMomonaBun420 13d ago
A. people with physical disabilities.
B. never underestimate people's curiosity.
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u/Zealousideal-Call968 13d ago
I think this is one of the worst pains you can inflict on yourself. Did it in 1998 and I’ll never forget it. 🤣
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u/psycho-drama 13d ago
Hey, no prob, you don't need fingers with a self-driving car, well, except maybe one for a fingerprint reader. I know which one I'd keep.
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u/psycho-drama 13d ago
Thank goodness he (I assume it was a "he") didn't volunteer a kids finger for more dramatic effect.
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u/tommysmuffins 13d ago
Probably just because I'm old, but self-closing trunks seem like more risk and complexity than they're worth. I feel the same way about dual zone climate control. Just give me a red/blue dial, thanks.
On the other hand, blind spot monitoring and backup cameras with cross traffic warning are genuine improvements.
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u/DuckInTheFog 13d ago
I didn't know this was a feature of the vehicle. Do other cars have this feature?
It's a gimmicky feature but I suppose it's necessary for this lemon. I've nearly caught my fingers a few times in car boot doors but I'd imagine this is more like being attacked by lopping sheer.
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u/New-Load9328 13d ago
He should have put his balls in there so he can't reproduce. Stupid is as stupid does!
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u/EelTeamTen 13d ago
To be fair - his experience is pretty much on-par with any auto-shut door I've experienced. If you do that shit with my Dodge Grand Caravan sliding doors, it's going to hurt, possibly more.
Not to at all say the Cybertruck doesn't have plenty of issues, and it's pretty scary that the thing went to market with that door being more dangerous than it is now.
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u/ThereIsSoMuchMore 13d ago
I mean this title is propaganda. Reddit has a hate for Musk recently, so we get this shit articles. I definitely do not like the Cybertruck, but the fact that they made a software update as a response to this and now it doesn't chop off your finger, but leaves it "shaking with a dent" is a win in my opinion. You don't need to stick your dick there, it's to avoid emergencies. Get real ffs.
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u/Potential_Step5915 13d ago
Omg I saw that video. He tested the sensor with a carrot,it didn't go well. Despite the failure he still used his own finger😭💀
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u/sh1nyumbr30n 13d ago
We’re just going to have to assume at this point that going by the amount of Musk fan boys on Twitter and people that actually own this jagged Lego death trap really are just begging for their own Darwin Award at this point. Holy fuck.
Literally everybody I’ve seen that owns this truck is the damn old MANswers show come to life.
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u/VikingBorealis 13d ago
Maybe you should have included his update as well for this hit piece to not appear biased
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u/omnibossk 13d ago
Next time he will try to drive off a cliff to check if drive-by-wire will save him
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u/Next_Evidence_3424 13d ago
Someone test it on a manual/normal trunk. Let’s see what happens when you close that on your finger.
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u/DawnSennin 13d ago
I thought the recall on the trucks was mandatory. How and why are people still driving those things?
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u/TimeKingFromGaddabee 13d ago
So when do I get to light the giant bonfire with 4000 scraped Cybertrucks?
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u/sayzitlikeitis 13d ago
Textbook example of cult like behavior. This is why Musk bought twitter and posts RW conspiracy theories. He’s playing the long game to become President after Trump.
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u/Purple--Aki 13d ago
Story for the past 6 months. Shit car is shit. Why is this clogging up my feed?
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u/BrilliantAttempt4549 13d ago
Only crushey and not sliced? I guess that's a success in Musk's book. Not that he actually care either way
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u/Civil_Adeptness9964 13d ago
Title is missleading...it didn''t crush his finger.
You are a liar.
and the top comments are bots. How do they get so many upvotes when they lie this much
Liars.
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u/fatburger321 13d ago
Remember folks. SOMEBODY had to eat all the berries first before we knew which ones were blueberries and which ones were killyounowberries.
Be grateful!
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u/Dafrooooo 13d ago
ill never get why people put their hand in such dangerous situations. shits important.
arthritis and other chronic pains in the hand also suck for life.
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u/Slick424 13d ago
Al: I went downstairs, and I only pretended to take up all the traps. But I left one, a big one with a nice juicy piece of cheese. And this one won't go off with just a little pressure, giving him time to escape - no, this one takes the entire body of the mouse to set it off. I checked it myself. [holds up his bandaged left thumb and laughs heartily]
Peggy: You know, that's what really sets you apart, Al. An average Joe would have used a stick.
-- Married... with Children, Build a Better Mousetrap
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u/SignalSeveral1184 13d ago
If they advertised it as a feature then he should sue. It is the US after all.
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u/Temporary_Plant_1123 13d ago
Bro how many times does this need to be posted. Like yeah fuck Tesla but Jesus Christ
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u/Investigate__3eleven 13d ago
Your caption does not have to be so dramatic lmao it left a mark on his finger much like what’s left on one’s face after waking up in the morning from their pillow.
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u/Secure_Enthusiasm354 13d ago
The real mistake was getting the cybertruck. He should have used his smol junk to test it out. Only then maybe would I trust his word
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u/Worth_While117 13d ago
I saw a guy use a carrot, I think using my real life finger would be pretty ridiculous.
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u/Gezzer52 13d ago
It's going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.
That's the problem right there. When the software detects resistance it shouldn't try harder to close. Ever. All it should do is automatically reverse direction, nothing more.
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u/tablepennywad 13d ago
Can someone test this with other brands and see what happens? Preferably with their fingers too.
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u/Yuna1989 13d ago
Why is everyone hating on him? He knew what he was doing and nothing serious happened. He was trying to be educational in an entertaining way. It worked but people are hating on him lol
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u/Embarrassed_Yak_9702 13d ago
Hahaha lol, karma. The message is don't trust muskrat, king of the twittertrolls.
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u/HeathenDevilPagan 13d ago
How much is it gonna take for you to risk your finger and test the update?
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u/Key_Law4834 13d ago
This is kind of strange, Tesla designed it to lessen the resistance safety after each failed attempt in case a bag might be getting in the way. I could see people getting hurt thinking the safety feature should always function the same every time.
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u/Gloomy-Ad6567 13d ago
Is everyone feigning surprise or have I lost touch with reality? It is a fact that people do dumb things for views on the internet. Combine that with a dumb car and you get this. Stop, please.
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u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang 13d ago
Yeah, we were on social media yesterday too. Thanks for the write up though...
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u/SooooooMeta 13d ago
The only question is whether he would have had a lawsuit with a shot. "I trusted it to do a basic thing and it cut off my finger!" Vs. "it's a known complaint and you yourself said it just destroyed a carrot, you were being a dumb ass."
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u/usesbitterbutter 13d ago
Idiots never cease to puzzle me. And I'm not talking about how, in retrospect, he's an idiot. I mean, when thinking about the video he planned to make, there were only two possible outcomes: either the sensor works, in which case he had a boring video; or the sensor doesn't work, in which case... ouch. So, given these two possible outcomes of worthless video or disaster, let's use our actual finger instead of, say, a hot dog.
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u/ShareTheSnakeFrodo 13d ago
No one in the real world that owns a cyber truck or is seriously considering buying a cyber truck, gives two shits about this or anything else on reddit. Redditors are so fucking dumb these days
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u/Shoddy_Depth6228 13d ago
I think cyber truck is a piece of shit, but "can I jam my finger in the door??" is a stupid test for any car.
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u/oldasdirtss 13d ago
He should have tested all ten fingers. Only one data point isn't enough information for a proper evaluation. The thumb may be fine, while the pinkies will most likely end up shattered.
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u/83749289740174920 13d ago
What is actually wrong with the trucks? Did they make them in house? OEMs already solve these problems years ago.
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u/ThinPerspective72 13d ago
"crushed his finger"
Mmm no, it didn't do that. It left a crease.
I would say it worked perfectly.
I mean I'm onboard with Elon sux trend but this is a video of the safety feature working really well.
This is the smallest thing that's ever going to get stuck in the way of the boot closing and it felt it and stopped without doing any permanent damage. What do you want it to do?
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u/RandyBoBandy33 13d ago edited 13d ago
There are so many reasons to hate on Tesla.. the joke of a cybertruck, all of elons failures, all of the scams he’s pulled. But this is stretching it. It’s like criticizing the paint job on the Hindenburg. An ouchy pinched finger is not why this vehicle is a fucking disaster
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u/Melisandre-Sedai 13d ago
A Tesla engineer said the test was done wrong because the frunk increases in pressure every time.
OK, makes sense. Just one quick question, WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU ASSHOLES THINKING?!
“Hey, when we’ve got several datapoints indicating something’s in the way of the trunk, let’s give it specific directions to crush it!”
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u/breakwater 13d ago
I know it's a safety feature and all.
But I typically blame the person who sticks their finger in a closing window on purpose for the window closing on it.
If this were a random person, I'd feel differently.
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u/Lachwen 14d ago
The engineer told him the frunk increases in pressure every single time it closes and detects resistance, Judkins said. It's going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.
So they literally made it the opposite of a safety feature.
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u/WaltersFlight82 14d ago
And it didn't hurt his finger and he shaked for views, not to different from op, the 11,000,000 karma one that doesn't give a shit about integrity. Only blasts the most reactive headlines. Get better, people.
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u/vinhluanluu 14d ago
“The engineer told him the frunk increases in pressure every single time it closes and detects resistance, Judkins said. It's going to assume you want to close the frunk and maybe something like a bag is getting in the way, which would make it close harder.”
This is the dumbest logic for the frunk. Such a stupid meathead way of thinking.
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u/EastObjective9522 14d ago
You have many objects to use as an experiment but you chose your own finger? Really?
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u/S0_Crates 14d ago
Tesla is a shitty company that makes a shitty product. The Tesla cars look worse than the most basic cheap models from Mitsubishi. They're nowhere near the quality of a Toyota, Honda, or even a Ford.
I hope Elon enjoyed his time in the sun as the "cool" billionaire. Cus it's over. And it has been for years.
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u/Carol16215 14d ago
He forgot to mention that the Cybertruck software assumes you want the frunk closed if you continually keep pressing the code button, and so it will continually increase the pressure. In the whole video, he did it on a carrot, then his arm, then on his hand, then on his finger. Each time the pressure was more because the Cybertruck thought the person wanted it closed.
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u/Cfwraith 14d ago
Coward wouldn't try it again when they told him that he did the test wrong. Said it was too painful. so He can learn from the hot stove.
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u/ggtsu_00 14d ago
Now we just wait for the next update that fixes this issue, but introduces a regression where people's front trunk randomly won't close all the way automatically.
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u/Nincompoopticulitus 14d ago
Again, why he didn’t use a sausage or hot dog instead of his finger is beyond me 🤣 what a doofus.
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u/Intrepid_Search1719 14d ago
It's mind-boggling how some people are so blindly devoted to a brand that they'll bend over backwards to justify clear flaws. Trying to minimize the harm caused by a faulty automatic trunk motor by blaming the victim is just absurd. Safety should always come first, regardless of Tesla's PR spin or fanboy excuses. It's disappointing to see them downplay such a serious issue.
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u/spez_might_fuck_dogs 14d ago
The venn diagram between youtubers and people dumb enough to buy a cybertruck is a circle.
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u/snootfull 14d ago
Just think how many more views he would have gotten if it had actually severed his finger!
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u/DaDoviende 14d ago
"worked well on produce" my brother it cut a finger sized piece off a carrot and the guy still put his finger in there after that
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u/StockMarketCasino 9d ago
It's only May and we're almost out of Darwin Awards 😕