Mastodawn

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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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wendythedruid Feb 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.

vs

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

six_grandfathers_mountain Feb 24

@wendythedruid @newsguyusa
RE
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

wendythedruid Feb 24

@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.

Kat the Leopardess Feb 24

@newsguyusa *laughs in Elder Millennial*

Paul Chambers🚧Feb 24

@newsguyusa With that being from Feb 2025, can you imagine how high it is today?

Also, I loved my Pinto. lol.

https://oldfriends.live/@paul/110925683104557129

Gary 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Feb 24

@newsguyusa Even without knowing this, I'd be 17 times as likely to buy a Pinto than a Cyber truck.

As an aficionado of safety statistics, deaths per 100,000 units is unusual. Also, it's not clear what time period applies to that 27 Pinto deaths. Is that over the 20 years they were in use?

draNgNon Feb 24

@newsguyusa what a coincidence, it is also 17x uglier! amazing achievement

Dave Rahardja Feb 24

@newsguyusa The death threats at the bottom of the article…kinda expected from the Cybertruck fanbois.

Climate Jenny 2.1 Feb 24

@newsguyusa At least the Pinto was fun to drive!

Randall Lee Feb 24

@ClimateJenny @newsguyusa you didn't have to sit on the hump

Dr. Seltsam 🌎🎶🌳Feb 24

@newsguyusa Well, this #wankpanzer is hot.

Gene Cowan 🏳️‍🌈Feb 24

@newsguyusa This truck is a death trap. That said, they are counting in their statistics the Las Vegas event, where the truck did *not* catch fire. The driver deliberately exploded it.

Randall Lee Feb 24

@genecowan @newsguyusa it was going to explode eventually

UkeleleEric Feb 24

@genecowan @newsguyusa It does state that there is dispute on one and you can remove that if you prefer. That still makes it a LOT worse than the Pinto.

David J. Atkinson Feb 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.”

LukefromDC Feb 24

@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.

CpyJx 🍉Feb 24

@newsguyusa The good thing is nobody will miss the single incel men that get blown up in Cybercucks

Sablebadger Feb 24

@newsguyusa proof of Musks incalculable genius. He improved on a proven statistic by 17x! Genius! He can't stop winning!

@newsguyusa
Considering who is buying them I consider this Darwinism in action.

StephenM Feb 24

@newsguyusa that fuelarc article just celebrated its 1st birthday. Fuelarc is heavily biased against EVs in general. I don't own a Tesla or any kind of EV at all but I would take any opinion from that Fuelarc with a few kilograms of salt.

How many did the US military purchase? Oh wait maybe they're just a new weapon system. The exploding whip.

#fuckmusk #Dildoge

Longspeak Feb 24

@newsguyusa I'm seeing a remake of _The Spirit of '76_ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0100670/

The Spirit of '76 (1990) ⭐ 5.8 | Comedy, Sci-Fi

1h 22m | PG-13

IMDb

@newsguyusa
Where's Ralph Nader, now that we need him?

UkeleleEric Feb 24

@newsguyusa Now why doesn't that surprise me?

@newsguyusa well that's kinda old news but it is a good opportunity to remember that buying a Tesla is giving money to a fascist who encourage fascism all over the world (the same goes for starlink, grokAI and X (ex Twitter))

Dźwiedziu Feb 24

@newsguyusa
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?

@newsguyusa There were two accidents resulting in 5 deaths. And this article is about one year old. Maybe try getting data from 2026?

Still this car is crap.

McSpocky Feb 24

@newsguyusa And they're still on the road. So ridiculous...

Kerplunk Feb 24

It is not just cybertruck

Tesla is unsafe at any speed.

Jernej Simončič �Feb 24

@newsguyusa From bsky:

Imre 🇨🇦Feb 24

@newsguyusa
As it approaches the Chevy Corvair safety levels…… “Unsafe at any speed”

DressToKILT Feb 24

@newsguyusa Sales worse than the Edsel. Is there any automotive failure this thing can't outdo?

swggrkllr3rd Feb 26

@dresstokilt @newsguyusa And STILL, how many billions did the shareholders hand over to musk ??

DressToKILT Feb 26

@swggrkllr3rd @newsguyusa Musk has done wonders to disprove the lie that the wealthy are smart.

swggrkllr3rd Feb 26

@dresstokilt @newsguyusa https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyk6kvyxvzo

Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package approved by Tesla shareholders

The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.