Gerrard Kaonga
Unless you fancy losing a finger, it might be worth taking extra care around Tesla’s new Cybertrucks.
While the Tesla Cybertruck might be one of the hottest cars on the market (if you believe the hype), some people have been showing how the car isn’t quite ready to propel humanity into the future.
The car, which was first delivered to customers in November 2023 and has since received mixed reviews, may be missing a crucial feature that could result in some owners ending up seriously injured.
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The Cybertruck carrot test isn’t some new alternative fuel, but a way some owners have been checking if the front trunk of the car is dangerous.
Fears have arisen regarding whether people could actually lose fingers... so yeah, it might be worth checking if this is legit or not.
Essentially, the videos show that when the front trunk closes, if your hand is in the way, it does not stop at all. Pretty much trapping fingers hands or whatever is in the way.
Here is where the carrot comes in.
Instead of sticking their fingers in the way to test if they would lose one of them, most have been sticking a carrot to see for themselves and are stunned when it is snapped instantly.
TikTok user @molesrcool posted a video on his page that went viral earlier this week reflecting on the uptake on carrot test videos.
In the clip - which was stitched with another video showing a carrot being sliced by the trunk hood - he also discussed one brave pioneering soul who decided instead of using a carrot, he would indeed risk his fingers for the test.
“When this front trunk is open you get this basically perfectly cut stainless steel sharp corner and then the trunk does not have proper pinch detection,” he said in the video.
“So that thing will just close on whatever is in front of it. This brave soul on YouTube actually tested this. Putting his hand further down the trunk where he thought it would be safer and the trunk still closed on his hand and would not release.
“He had to stop filming, open the Tesla app on his phone, release the front trunk through the app so imagine if he hadn’t had his phone or if this had happened to one of his kids.”
Due to the guy’s hand placement his fingers remained connected to his body.
In fact, he didn’t get badly injured but he was trapped and did say in the clip that had he put his hands further up by the corner, he could have done real damage to his fingers.
UNILAD has contacted Tesla for comment.