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Tesla said on Tuesday it was recalling most Cybertrucks in the United States over issues with their windshield wipers and exterior trim.

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[–] wirehead@lemmy.world 62 points 5 months ago (10 children)

From the article: "Tesla began delivering the Blade Runner-inspired truck in November 2023"

Me: Fuck you. That is an insult to Syd Mead's legacy.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean (assuming thats the author idk) he was imagining a dystopian world, so this is a compliment in my book.

[–] scops@reddthat.com 6 points 5 months ago

Syd Mead was a concept artist. Blade Runner was based on a short story by Philip K Dick called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

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