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No more or less than any other vehicle of similar weight.

Weight is not the main factor. Height/shape is much more important.

From https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/06/28/suvs-killi... :

> Hampton Clay Gabler, a professor in the department of biomedical engineering and mechanics at Virginia Tech, [ ... ] described the vulnerability of pedestrians when struck by an SUV as a geometry problem of sorts because SUVs and pickups tend to be tall compared with pedestrians and have a blunter front end. That positioning is more likely to put someone’s head or chest in line to be struck during the initial impact with a vehicle. “(Not to diminish leg injuries but) serious head and chest injuries can actually kill you,” Gabler said in a telephone interview.

(It is probably true, though, that most vehicles this heavy are tall as well, so weight would still be correlated to how dangerous a vehicle is.)

The thing weighs 8000 to 10000 lb (3629 to 4536 kg).

That’s shockingly heavy to move around 200lbs meat sacks.

Most EVs weigh about that much, to the point that some cities are considering amending "No trucks" signs to also say no EVs.

Do they? Model X weighs 5600lbs, here - https://www.caranddriver.com/tesla/model-x - and that's bigger than any of the other, more popular, Teslas other than the Cybertruck.

Far cry from 8-10000. Or even 7-8000.

   Tesla 3 - up to 4065. 
   Tesla S - up to 4941.
   Tesla X - up to 5531.
   Tesla Y - up to 4416.
   Chevy Bolt - 3563.
   Leaf - up to 3853.
   Mach-E - up to 4920.
   ID.4 - up to 4848.
   E-Tron - up to 5754.
   BMW iX - up to 5659.
   Taycan - up to 5121
   Kona EV - up to 3715.

I like how you just excluded all the comparable EVs. Here they are for completeness, most coming close to or topping out the standard 7k where they will post "No Trucks" signs.

   Ford Lightning - 6,893
   Hummer EV - 9,063
   Rivian R1T - 7,148
   Lordstown Endurance - 6,450
   Chevrolet Silverado EV - 8,532
   RAM 1500 REV - est. 7,500
   Alpha Wolf - 7,088

Your claim was about “Most EVs”. I listed the most popular EVs, without edits.

"No truck" signs are for semi trucks, not pickup trucks. These semis (just the truck, no trailer) weigh 2-3x more than an average pickup truck/Cybertruck and 3-5x more than an average EV.

Citation needed. It’s expected to be around 7k lbs, over 8k would put it in the hummer EV territory.

Twice the weight of the Tesla model 3 which is 1800kg, it's pretty extreme.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3

It does not weigh 8000 to 10000 pounds. It is listed between 6500 and 7000.

A 2024 Ford F-150 weights more.

Do you have a source for that?

A quick Google tells me that a 2024 Ford F-150 weight is about 1,000 lbs less than a Cybertruck’s purported weight.

Maybe the were referring to the F-150 Lightning, which is similar weight to the Cybertruck.

> similar weight

At 6600 lbs vs 8250 lbs, Cybertruck is far lighter. In fact it's the lightest EV truck available.

> vehicle of similar weight

All...one of them: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/money/cars/2019/10/...

Your link lists 6 trucks that are heavier than the 6,670 Ibs two motor version of the cybertruck.

This is not true - there are other factors at play. The angle of the bumper and where the bumper comes into contact with a human matters a lot - if it is below the human's center of mass, they are much less likely to be thrown under the vehicle and run over.

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