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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Some Musk fanboys must have their egos hurt, as they've put a statistical analysis on top.
https://www.someweekendreading.blog/cybertruck-vs-pinto/

And from that I've learned that there are load-bearing zip tie afficionados among Tesla owners and a whole industry around fixing what should have been a recall.
https://fuelarc.com/evs/tesla-owners-are-installing-diy-rip-cords-to-avoid-being-trapped-in-their-vehicles-in-case-of-fire/

Tesla Cybertruck vs Ford Pinto: Which is the Bigger Fire-Trap?

A couple recent news reports said the Tesla Cybertruck caught fire and killed people more often than the infamous Ford Pinto of the 1970s. Let’s look statistically at the data and see if this is believable. Surely we’ve learned from past experiences with corporate misfeasance, not to mention fire safety?

Feb 24 at 6:53amFedilab