When it got leaked that the RoboTaxi would have supercar doors, I thought it meant like Scissor doors which are designed to rotate upwards so you can enter/exit the vehicle easily in tight spaces and don't have to risk hitting things with the doors.
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When it got leaked that the RoboTaxi would have supercar doors, I thought it meant like Scissor doors which are designed to rotate upwards so you can enter/exit the vehicle easily in tight spaces and don't have to risk hitting things with the doors.
But instead they've made some weird cross between scissor doors and gullwing doors, which open diagonally upwards. From what I've seen it looks like to even open the doors at all, you'll need more clearance than you would need to fully extend a regular car door (which is rarely actually necessary), then on top of that it needs vertical clearance too.
I doubt we'll have to worry as they're never actually going to release it, but the door design would make it completely useless in an urban setting. Need to get out in traffic? Nope. Next to a parking meter? Nope. Parking lot? Nope. Walls? Nope. Nothing screams urban friendly design like a car with a 3 meter wingspan.
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Asta [AMP]replied to Marcus Hutchins :verified: last edited by
@[email protected] “yes, the cybertruck is bad. but can we make a car even worse?”
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@[email protected] lol jk nothing is worse than the cybertruck. still, they’re clearly trying to outdo it.
