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

      • @vexikron@lemmy.zip
        hexbear
        22
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        6 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.

  • Maoo [none/use name]
    hexbear
    57
    6 months ago

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

    • Egon [they/them]
      hexbear
      8
      6 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.

  • @CrushKillDestroySwag
    hexbear
    43
    6 months ago

    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@lemmy.zip
      hexbear
      10
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      -new connection-

      -ip indicates user is from the fully automated gay communism timeline-

      Personal Ikranoplan has entered the chat

      'Hey guys, 'sup?'

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      2
      6 months ago

      Elon was just taking inspiration from the Osprey making news recently

      "What if we made a truck that was a shitty truck AND a shitty boat?"

  • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    40
    6 months ago

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

  • @vexikron@lemmy.zip
    hexbear
    35
    6 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.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
    hexbear
    35
    6 months ago
    • Attempt to Ford Tesla the river
    • Caulk the Cybertruck and float it
    • Take a ferry for $5.00
      • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        15
        6 months ago

        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.

        • Dolores [love/loves]
          hexbear
          3
          6 months ago

          but every winter it basically is inches away from wiping out Compton and the Gateway Cities

          all those movies its always empty are a lie?

          • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
            hexbear
            1
            edit-2
            6 months ago

            Hard to film inside the LA River when its like this:

            https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/1042n1n/los_angeles_river_this_morning/

            It was covered in concrete because itd nuke Compton every year pre-1940s

            https://www.nbclosangeles.com/weather-news/disaster-storm-1938-los-angeles-santa-ana-la-river-flood-california/31771/

  • CrimsonSage [any]
    hexbear
    23
    6 months ago

    I support elon in his further attempts to kill his customers

    • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]M
      hexbear
      11
      6 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

    • @vexikron@lemmy.zip
      hexbear
      10
      6 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.

  • Egon [they/them]
    hexbear
    18
    6 months ago

    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.

    • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      9
      6 months ago

      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.

  • oregoncom [he/him]
    hexbear
    16
    6 months ago

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