I know you’re being sardonic but there was an old game for the Apple II called “Car Builder” and the “ideal” chassis design that would get highest marks in the wind tunnel test looked almost EXACTLY like the Cybertruck
I remember that from Tech class. We used it to make a design to cut out a wooden car that we would all race for grades. Teacher told us that the "ideal" design was known and we weren't allowed to use it.
"You did the research and discovered the right answer but you aren't allowed to use it," is really something.
Unless the lesson was to build something random and learn from everyone else's mistakes
Because “the right answer” for a controlled situation is useless. A monkey could copy it. This is an educational context, you need to teach the process of arriving at a new solution that is good.
If the exercise is "show me how *you* solve the problem and demonstrate *your* creativity and thought processes", then yes everyone doing the same exact thing does actually defeat the purpose. This is why "show your work" is more important than a lot of people realize.
The lesson is not how to look up the answer, it’s how to go through the design process.
In this day and age, it’s nearly impossible to create a design problem simple enough students with no engineering training can attack it, but that doesn’t have a near-ideal solution online.
The college of architecture on the campus I work at has a "walk on water" competition every semester where students build the best foot-pontoons to race across a lake.
Over the years the "ideal" design has come about and now they all look the same. They should ban *that* design.
Honestly, probably most of the nerds his age who ended up going into tech for a career had an Apple II, or an Atari, or a TRS-80 or something at home around that time.
IIRC the only brakes you could fit into the chassis at that point and still make budget meant that braking on the road test, especially braking on hills, was rated as "terrifying".
I loved that game! - Except for its big fault, which was that you could only have one shell in the air at a time, so if you missed one of the 'seeking' enemies at close range, you were screwed because it'd hit you before your shell timed out.
Battle Zone was the only arcade game that I got really, really good at. I got to the point where I could basically play it as long as I wanted on a single quarter. By that time, it was becoming kind of boring.
That’s because early apple computers had the processing power of a potato and the person who programmed the game knew fuck all about aerodynamics. When I look at the CyberTruck my aerospace engineering degree cries in pain.
And yet, Elon “created” something new and futuristic, both in form, and function. Elmo led Tesla through transformative years, and his compensation package should be restored, and payable for at least $45–$55-Billion. 🙄 🙄
So says Tesla’s Board of Directors to shareholders.
Stupidly obscene.
I sold my $TSLA shares over the CyberTruck, the EV El Camino.
If Elon had made the CyberTruck a Cab-Chassis: I would have INCREASED my $TSLA shares instead of dumping them.
Rivian SAW the mistake & a company was founded on that which left Rivian & Tesla as 2 one-trick ponies; neither is optimal. 1/2
How is Tesla a "one trick pony" with a few different models?
They are ALL uni-body
How is Rivian a "one trick pony" with trucks and vans?
They are ALL body on frame, based on one frame & purpose (cargo)
Manufacturers need both uni-body cars & cab chassis on frame vehicles to compete in auto industry
Frame can be ANYTHING: van, truck, RV, various upfits, ambulance, hearse, utility, etc.
Cab-chassis are one of the MOST lucrative vehicles in auto manufacturers. Elon = massive bonehead in the CyberTruck.
Unibody "hybrids of car-trucks" (El Camino & Ranchero) were failures as they lack flexibility.
Do you take your own advice?
No.
Why would anyone else?
I am not subject to your demands.
Because I am NOT your subject.
Deal with it: ineffectual narcissist.
I sold my shares in TSLA in 2019.
I kinda mentioned that above.
I invest in green ecological technology.
In 2019 TSLA was the best play for EV.
Today almost every auto manufacturer makes an EV.
