They tried apple car, more or less, the rest are just old aerodynamic roadsters
Regardless, wouldn't trust them to pass crash safety standards nowadays
One educational thing about the cybertruck is that it’s revealed the US doesn’t really have crash safety standards. Nothing is keeping Americans from driving pickle cars!
It's because of its weight and the fact its classed as a truck, us safety standards for trucks are lower so, theoretically, they can be sold cheaper.
However, thats the loophole that lead to the luxury suv boom, theyre cheaper to make and thus make more profit overall
I just wish people would have the balls to customize the looks of their car. I see someone driving a link Hello Kitty car once in a while. Why don’t I see more of that?
As much as Americans like to pretend we’re all very unique and individualistic and all that - we’re incredibly conformist and financial concerns keep us so. Both on political matters and things like this.
American here! In schools we wear uniforms, follow the same codes & guidelines, all held to the same standards, and are taught like robots. We dont learn based on our interests or talents, we only learn one universal curriculum that's decided on by politicians, not educators.
I remember a USAID official in Delhi driving a bright pink Ambassador car, then the favoured car of Indian politicians accompanied by security convoys.
She was recognised and commented upon everywhere. 😄
We overdid that in the 1960s/1970s hippie-van era.
During the late-90s-early-00s, the SF Bay Area had a lot of art cars from the Burning Man crowd.
My Kia Soul had the option of coming with hamster footprints, but those cost a lot extra.
Right, I forgot, colors and personality are illegal in 2024, hence why all logos and brands have also toned down and become much more lifeless and generic.
Of all of the memes and comics I've sent to my wife, she never saves them to her phone, ever, until this one today. It's like you crafted it in a lab specifically to appeal to her.
(Scarry was also an extraordinary pusher of boundaries: My mother could find no other books for me in 1973 in which a daddy pig was wearing an apron and frying bacon and eggs, or a female cat was a construction worker.)