for the Darwin award? Come on, there are a lot of Tesla owners. Don't be shy!

It would only be a Darwin award if he used a different body part.

It would only be a Darwin award if he used a different body part.

Give it time and Tesla will launch the Mohel edition, bringing the past to the future!

Doesn't anyone want to stick their neck out?

US = front trunk

UK = front boot

Personally I like froot better than frunk as in the UK we rarely say trunk for the back luggage area of a car.

It does seem like Cybertruck owners are a bunch of Froot Loops, so I'll allow it.

Why not just say fanny or front bottom and be done. After all the owners are all a bunch of…

Mr Fay checks to see if that paint really is wet before embarking on a trip to the woods to look for a bear clutching a roll of Andrex.

That triggers an off topic question: Bog roll marketers have for decades bigged up the kitten/puppy/koala softness associated with their product, but this begs the question who took one for the team and did a blind test comparison? Maybe a docile labrador puppy is relatively low risk, but kittens have sharp edges all over, and the claws on koalas...well, you just wouldn't.

Why haven't the bum fodder marketers gone with the 'the neck of a goose, that is well downed' yet? Proven by French monk Francois Rabelais' in his 16th century comic work Gargantua and Pantagruel.

I don't want to worry anyone, but Koala bears have a rather high chance of infection with chlamydia:

"Chlamydia is a major disease threat to our Koala population."*

Whatever you do, do not check out whether a specific brand of toilet paper really is as soft as Koala fur on a certain body part.

https://koalahospital.org.au/pages/disease#:~:text=Chlamydia%20is%20a%20major%20disease,Chlamydia%20pneumonia%20and%20Chlamydia%20pecorum.

"Chlamydia is a major disease threat to our Koala population."

As knows every John Oliver fan, thanks to Russell Crowe

Did it never occur to him to try it first with a carrot??

or a different appendage... then it really would be Darwin in action.

Don't stick your pinky where you wouldn't stick your dinky.

It depends on whether they've already reproduced.

You're not going to get clicks with carrots.

If you read the article, he tried with a twig and the twig was snapped. Ignoring that piece of evidence, he carried on regardless.

But his mother still loves him very much

If he'd tried shutting his finger in the door, then he'd have most likely severed it, as demonstrated by some slightly less stupid[1] Cybertruck owners who used a carrot.

[1] I say only slightly less stupid, as you have to be a serious moron to own one of those Tesla contraptions in the first place.

The usual result for faith in anything Musk.

'Sore' here being the operative word.

Why?

How much effort is involved in opening and closing one manually supposing it's properly balanced with air struts?

Since it's powered if you operate it manually you will damage the servo, probably.

Not the point. What I ask is why powered anyway as manual opening and closing is simple and works.

You really don't understand Tesla owners.

Have they not heard of clutches, ratcheted gears, etc. in this auto manufacturer?

You're making the mistake of presuming that Tesla should be considered an auto manufacturer...

IMO they're best considered an EV powertrain engineering company that attempts to wrap their latest creations in something resembling, but not quite equalling, a vehicle, rather than doing what they ought to do and simply sell said powertrain tech to whichever actual vehicle manufacturers want a proven EV powertrain around which they can wrap their own tried and tested vehicle designs.

Those cost money. The frunk's got power to open and close because that looks cool, but it's got the absolute cheapest version without the safety features - for humans or the car - that other manufacturers have because that's the way Elon rolls.

Thus proving, as if there wasn't already enough evidence to indicate this, that, whilst Tesla may have (or at least HAD, depending on which round of layoffs we're into by the time you read this...) some world class engineers in their powertrain division, they were scraping the bottom of the barrel when it came to hiring the teams responsible for designing everything else that you need to put into a vehicle if you want people to consider it even remotely modern and well designed.

The OH has had a few cars with doors and tailgates that could be opened and closed at the push of a button, but EVERY SINGLE ONE of those vehicles was correctly designed so that the same opening and closing process could be performed manually with absolutely ZERO risk of damage to any part of the vehicle. Similarly, the last few vehicles I've had feature power-fold wing mirrors, which are similarly quite happy to be moved by hand without damage. Indeed, so well designed is the powerfold mechanism on my current vehicle that, when the mirror ended up being bent all the way forwards when some complete moron decided to change lanes without looking and dragged the side of their van along the side of my car as they drove off into the distance, the only damage was to the plastic clip-on shell covering the mirror innards, and *that* was only because after it had pinged off the mirror during the collision, another vehicle in the adjacent lane then drove over it...

So there is simply NO EXCUSE for designing a powered thingumybob into a modern vehicle which, if adjusted manually, is at risk of being broken. None at all. Not in your entry level vehicle, and certainly not in the one you're touting as your flagship must-have ubervehicle that will conquer the world.

They likely used a worm gear someplace in the actuator, and manually collapsing it will shear teeth.

Or, they used a leadscrew pitch that would allow someone to shear teeth.

Or, they forgot the flyback protection diodes to clamp the voltage generated by the linear actuator being driven backwards.

I can see a few things they could have overlooked/"just dealt with" to get it out the door.

Nothing absolves them from the whole "increase torque request till it shuts" methodology, that's just really bad design.

There is some utility in having a powered trunk/boot. My Volvo estate has powered boot which is linked to a sensor under the rear bumper. If you have your keys in your pocket and armfuls of shopping then you can wave your foot under the bumper and it will trigger the tailgate to unlock and open. This is very handy. There are two buttons inside, one to close, another to close and lock. Also a button on your remote key fob as well as the outside handle. However you can only use the powered options. There isn't a way to manually close the tailgate. I wish it would operate like a CD drawer, where you just give it a small push and then it closes automatically.

My car has a powered boot lid. If I were to operate it as it was supplied in my garage or a multistorey car park it would bang into the upper surface and damage the paint. In consequence I have to adjust the stop point so that it doesn't fully open. The result of that is that it doesn't open fully in exterior places but remains at just the right height to crack my head on the protruding lock mechanism if I forget to manually force it to max (and the book says not to do that).

All my previous cars had a nice, simple, manual lift which I could gently open, against a strategically placed pad if required, with no risk of damage to car or head. It's just another example of an annoying gadget fitted "because we can", and not to meet any real need.

Having the sensor under the rear bumper works fine until a trailer hitch is installed.

So what do you do if the battery is flat? Leave it open in the rain??

Manula opening and closing, air struts etc. are for poor but sensible people. This is not the Tesla market. Closing it with a mobile app should tell you that.

NEVER heard of one

EVs don't have a dirty old engine in the front so you get a small amount of storage space under the bonnet/hood. Call it a front trunk or front boot - frunk or froot.

It depends on the EV. Some EVs are just electric versions of existing ICE cars so the electric motor (and all its control gubbins) sits in the engine bay. Cars that are designed as pure EVs from day one often give you a front storage compartment.

I believe the technical term is: "Clipped compound"

Looks like I can give the frunk five out of five for safety.... aaaaaagh!..... yes, that's four out of four for safety!

Four out of five because four fingers weren't broken!

The lid at the front is the bonnet.

Frunk! I swear, by my pretty floral bonnet, what a ridiculous monicker.

Didn't Volkswagen owners sort this out well over half a century ago? This isn't exactly new tech in that regard.

Also, a tip of the bonnet for the Firefly reference. Mine's the brown one. -->

Is there any part of the Tesla Truck that is not a nightmare?

Supposedly bullet proof glass that shattered at the initial demonstration.

Steel bodywork that rusts, and is corroded by grease from physical human contact.

Wheel rims that should be removed before going 'off road'

A rear-view mirror that is obscured when the truck rear cover is in operation.

Owners who don't believe that their fingers could be damaged by being caught in the 'front trunk' lid when automatically closing.

See various Register articles on the above. It is almost getting to the pointy where there should be a specific item "Tesla Truck" in the Register menu fro quick access.

Methinks I shall buy me a Mercedes*

* "Oh Lord won't you buy me,

A Mercedes-Benz ..."

>> Is there any part of the Tesla Truck that is not a nightmare?

The fact that this monstruosity sells for up to $100K...

And there is people queueing for it?

Not sure why Tesla would bother with minutieae such as safety, security, or usability if the cultist are (metaphorically for now) diyng to give them their money

This reminded me of some guy who invented a really impressive circular saw emergency stop mechanism. The blade could detect contact with skin and it would then be stopped and retracted ridiculously quickly. Successfully tested on frankfurter sausages, he then tried his own finger (taking a load of painkillers in advance).

It worked as designed, cutting just a millimetre into his finger. Hurt like hell, apparently. That kind of informed confidence / bravery I can admire, unlike Mr Cybertruck.

Not sure if this is a different company or an updated mechanism, but you get the idea:. https://www.sawstop.com/why-sawstop/the-technology/

That is very impressive, although it's unfortunately not mandatory, nor (currently) offered for handheld circular saws. A quick google for "circular saw accident" brings up some tales of grue.

Tesla owner... Grab phone. Authenticate. Discover weak network signal. Climb on top of Tesla. Hold phone to the sky. Get enough signal for the app to log in. Go through various menus. Find option. Close the "frunk". Proudly explain to gawkers the absurdity of the process. Pledge undying love to Elon Musk Rube Goldberg for the product design.

Every other vehicle owner.... Grab handle, pull, shut.

A) How can a stupid dipshit (as described) even afford a cybertruck?

B) Did his blood damage the stainable stainless steel?