Steve HermanFeb 24
Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks said to be 17x deadlier than the explosive Ford Pintos of the 1970s. https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/
It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News

We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to compare to the Ford Pinto, a car so notoriously combustible that it has become a watchword for corporate greed. Let’s start with the data […]

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Show threadDavid J. AtkinsonFeb 24
@newsguyusa I drove a Ford Pinto, the “immolation special,” for years including several times across the country. That was before I knew about the dangers. I’m not worried about Teslas because we know about them now. I’m worried about the “don’t know” and “don’t know that I don’t know.”
Show threadLukefromDC

@meltedcheese @newsguyusa Most small cars of that era had similar issues, as almost all front engine/rear drive cars put the gas tank behind the axle in that era. On medium and larger cars, it often went ahead of the spare tire well, but on the smallest cars with short rear overhangs it had to go just ahead of the rear bumper.

What was unique about the Pinto wasn't the fires, it was Ford's decision that it being cheaper NOT to fix it, they would do nothing about it.

A Pinto driven today could be made much safer by replacing the probably rusted out old gas tank with a "fuel cell" racing gas tank that uses a very tough rubber bladder inside a metal tank and is designed to tolerate being smashed without bursting and dumping the fuel.

They are not cheap but they are a lot cheaper than a stay in the burn unit.

Feb 24 at 5:03amWeb