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It’s still awful. Can’t change the really poor a-pillar blind spots with wraps
I don't know how you get around that with such sloped a-pillars tho. They clearly put in that triangle window to attempt to help.

My current vehicle has large ones too.

I think part of their girth is for structural safety as well as airbags.

Various systems to try to help with it: https://www.google.com/search?q=a-pillar+car+blind+spots

Hopefully all these ADAS system will provide adequate feedback since they can see 360 degrees around the car.
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I don't know how you get around that with such sloped a-pillars tho. They clearly put in that triangle window to attempt to help.

My current vehicle has large ones too.

I think part of their girth is for structural safety as well as airbags.

Various systems to try to help with it: https://www.google.com/search?q=a-pillar+car+blind+spots

Hopefully all these ADAS system will provide adequate feedback since they can see 360 degrees around the car.
Thus, it’s a design flaw. The entire truck design is Elon’s ego personified. CT should never have been designed like a dumb triangle. Its drag coefficient isn’t even that great
 

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I wonder what the efficiency will be compared to all the other EV trucks. The front and back slopes certainly will help.

Tesla is known to go to great extents to maximize range with motors, electronics, and shape. Anyone can put it a larger and larger battery to get more range but being more efficient vs cost & weight helps with vehicle cost and profit margins to continue building more things.

I thought this video was quite interesting.

Some of the below is about how far the 'sails' are angled in (and I thought was a surprising nugget) but the whole video is good on the front and rear air pressures.

Title: How The Cybertruck Is More Aero Than It Looks


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The same Karl who thinks Rivian made questionable stitching decisions thinks that Tesla experimented with molded carbon fiber 10 years ago on the off chance that they would need to have something to support a dashboard roughly the size of New Jersey a decade later?

Seems reasonable.
 

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“It’s just a prototype!” - Munro.

Not a ringing endorsement
I'm surprised C/Karl didn't notice the guy's pants in the picture. I mean, if I had a time machine I'd go back and murder whoever it was that invented slim fit jeans/pants for men.
 

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The same Karl who thinks Rivian made questionable stitching decisions thinks that Tesla experimented with molded carbon fiber 10 years ago on the off chance that they would need to have something to support a dashboard roughly the size of New Jersey a decade later?
Maybe that's where they're hiding Jimmy Hoffa ...
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