CloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoGreetings, Lord Elon, I love my truck, but...hexbear.netimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down10
arrow-up1160arrow-down1imageGreetings, Lord Elon, I love my truck, but...hexbear.netCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 months ago The design is based on an old Mac game about designing cars, the Cybertruck’s profile shape is apparently the design that gave the highest score in wind tunnel tests in game. It’s Gen X nostalgia obscura.
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoOkay, I’ll bite. Is there any truth to that in real life?
minus-squareCloutAtlas [he/him]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months agoFrom a cursory bing image search, the most aerodynamic car on the market is: Which, yeah, because it looks like an aerofoil. Looks like a cyber truck but closer to the ground and uses rounded edges. And also much lighter. So yeah, the CT would be moderately aerodynamic, but would be better if it wasn’t rendered on a 1982 Apple II computer.
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoStill love the truck though!
The design is based on an old Mac game about designing cars, the Cybertruck’s profile shape is apparently the design that gave the highest score in wind tunnel tests in game.
It’s Gen X nostalgia obscura.
Okay, I’ll bite.
Is there any truth to that in real life?
From a cursory bing image search, the most aerodynamic car on the market is:
Which, yeah, because it looks like an aerofoil. Looks like a cyber truck but closer to the ground and uses rounded edges. And also much lighter.
So yeah, the CT would be moderately aerodynamic, but would be better if it wasn’t rendered on a 1982 Apple II computer.
Still love the truck though!