LawprofblawgGuess how many Ford Pintos caught fire before they were recalled?
38 (27 deaths)
Guess how many Teslas have caught fire? 144 (44 deaths)
https://tesla-fire.com
Gary Krysztopik@lawprofblawg Not quite apples to apples. A better comparison would be the first generation mass-produced gasoline car because Tesla's are first generation mass-produced #EV's.
@garykrysztopik I'm asking a slightly different question. Whether there should be a regulatory response. Not whether Tesla is safer than Pintos as an empirical matter.
@lawprofblawg Sorry! The Pinto's were from rear-end crashes I think. Is there any trend with the Tesla's? Never looked into it. Looks like total number of cars is about the same - "On June 9, 1978, Ford Motor Company agreed to recall 1.5 million Ford Pinto". I think there's about 2M Tesla's?
@garykrysztopik Correct. I put that data somewheres earlier. The Pinto was from rear-end collision (and the company was aware of the defect). Not sure on the Tesla. But curious.