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You seem nice. Anyway, a crumple zone is assumed to be designed in such a way that it protects the occupants of the vehicle.
No one said it didn’t “crumple” on impact. The problem is that it doesn’t sufficiently crumple in such a way that it dissipates the energy effectively.
In this case, the vehicle’s occupants are still traveling at a decent rate of speed and the material of the vehicle is thick enough so they could potentially sustain head injuries. Other vehicles do not have a similar concern.
Hope your day gets better. Cheers.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/
It comes and goes.
Have you seen this crash yet where all 4 participants survived?
https://www.motor1.com/news/731526/tesla-cybertruck-crash-auction/
It's trashed, but you can see it got wrecked up to the passenger compartment on the front, and the rear is missing all the way into the back wheels.
Neither of those distances is insignificant for a crumple area. That thing had to be flipping and they absorbed that energy.