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 threadwendythedruidFeb 24

@newsguyusa little factoid here for you.
Approximately 3 million to 3.3 million Ford Pintos were sold during its ten-year production run from 1971 to 1980.

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Based on industry data and reports through early 2026, Tesla has sold roughly 60,000 to 70,000 Cybertrucks in its lifetime

Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountainFeb 24

@wendythedruid @newsguyusa
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3 million #fordpinto vs 70k #Cybertruck and number of accidents

The other factor is the driving skills of driver of the Pinto vs the 🤪truck

@Compassionatecrab
Thx 4 orig Steve Herman boost

Show threadwendythedruid

@six_grandfathers_mountain @newsguyusa @Compassionatecrab

Honestly, Ive driven a CyberTruck, and I have driven a pinto. And the Pinto Driver experience is more memorable as LESS DANGEROUS than my ShitTruck experience.

That says something.

Feb 24 at 5:23pmWeb