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When you're not driving it, you can wear it like a mech. It all happens on X.

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 8 months ago (3 children)

can you plug in knockoff gaming controllers to steer it when it goes into "submersible mode"?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (4 children)

And when it starts to implode disable wifi so you can't call out for help.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago

oops the black box deleted the data!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I hope this one also has a specific billionaire inside it when that happens

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m fine with any billionaire.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't complain but I'd really like to know elon got compressed

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Elon doesn't drive a tesla

[–] vexikron 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Even better, as it starts to implode, water + electronics = malfunctioning car AI that locks you in the car, which then has a battery fire.

While underwater.

Do you drown or burn to death first?

Oh well its all worth it because you can change the horn to a fart noise.

Elon truly is a genius.

EDIT: Upon further review, the judges on the field have identified two other possible causes of death:

The ABSURDLY toxic and poisonous fumes from the LiOn battery may actually asphyxiate/blood poison you to death as you are enclosed in a steel box underwater

AND

Fucking DUH you may also just be electrocuted to death.

So we now have 4 horrible, actually pretty fast acting processes that could cumulatively kill you, or maybe one would kill you first.

I propose we get Adam Savage to do a one off MythBusters christmas special, and the role of test dummy will be played by Mr 420 Dogecoin himself.

Gotta lead from the front.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

which model has the rear doors that don't unlock without power?

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[–] vexikron 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If the CyberTruck is not WiiMote compatible I will sue!

[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"We're almost done making this car a boat, just need to keep it from leaking everywhere constantly"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I feel like buoyancy control is also an issue. And propelling options. Like a boat floats, a car needs traction with the ground. These two things don't work together.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

I'M A GOLDEN GOD!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The amphibicar was a marvel of engineering, but in building any kind of hybrid vehicle you inevitably learn that instead of making a vehicle that's good at two things you've made a vehicle that does two things kinda crappily.

[–] vexikron 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago

Cybercoffin

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Elon encouraging people to drive their poor quality Teslas into the ocean is going to be the greatest thing he's ever done.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

finally, all the batteries in electric vehicles will end up where they belong

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)
  • Attempt to ~~Ford~~ Tesla the river
  • Caulk the Cybertruck and float it
  • Take a ferry for $5.00
[–] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

you gave me a dumb idea for a gif

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This is especially hilarious considering that the LA River during the summer is basically a trickle but every winter it basically is inches away from wiping out Compton and the Gateway Cities, and I know that the stupid Cybertruck would blow up in both cases.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

This is incredible.

hero-of-socialist-labor

[–] vexikron 35 points 8 months ago

He did actually already say that he was going to make his cars have pressurized air thrusters that would enable them to fly.

Tens of millions of people took this idea seriously.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

He's so epic

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

He's trying to get his ex back, isn't he?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I support elon in his further attempts to kill his customers

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

I wish I had a cult of rich people following my every bullshit claim so I could convince them to drown themselves in the 90,000$ box i sell them

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

how many big beautiful boaters is this gonna kill?

[–] vexikron 10 points 8 months ago

You know, I guess a meetup of Aquatic CyberTrucks all colliding together and sinking would be even funnier than the Trump flotillas that did as much a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna go full nerd-glasses-emoji here:
The cybertruck cannot become a boat. Basically a boat is, according to maritime law, "any vessel used for navigation on the waters" whereas "navigation" requires that the vessel must be able to be steered and has a method of propulsion. Example: A canoo is a boat - It is propelled by physical force and steered the same way; A PAX-shipper is also a boat.
The cybertruck propels itself by way of creating traction on the road. It does not have traction when it floats, it therefore cannot ford water "as a boat".

QED: MR. MUSK YOU'RE FIRED SIR!!!

Ps. If he truly wants to be able to sell it as a "boat" then he need to install maritime signal lights too.

pps. I know he's just saying "oh it can float for a bit" and I'm being obtuse, but I am also having fun with it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Spinning wheels can propel a vehicle in the water, and adjusting the angle of those can help you steer. It will never be a good boat, but it could be a boat for a brief moment.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Hey Elon, you mist know a lot about engineering, right? How many of cars have you personally built Elon? How much engineering have you personally done? Huh, Elon? You must be qualified as an engineer at least, right?

[–] vexikron 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hey now, he did actually design a uh...

Lets see.

Yep, only thing he actually designed was the charging port shape for the Teslas and charging stations.

Made some wires go into an arbitrary, proprietary plug shape.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

I wish all cybertruck owners a very happy drown in a river.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

At this point I think he's just high

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

What does that mean, 100m of water? Like it can go a hundred meters out onto a like before sinking? Is it a submarine with a max depth of a hundred meters? What the fuck does this meanrage-cry

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

If that m means meters there's a lot of people whonare going to float down rivers because they don't get trig.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How someone can feel so entitled and desperate for attention and post the dumbest fucking marketing bs about products they won't actually make, especially to somehow "improve" a product they did make that sucks ass, is beyond me.

Sorry about this word vomit, I'm high af

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't waste good drugs thinking about Elon. Watch videos of sea otters instead. They're such cute little rascals and you can watch them open clams on their tummies.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I heard you can use it as a submarine, just make sure the windows are closed

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

He should make submarines next to tour the Titanic

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What is even happening? Is this real life?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Isn't the quality control, specifically the way things line up, an actual huge problem with Teslas? Would never trust one of these things in water lmao

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