kottke.orgFeb 25
“The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto”, a 70s automobile that put the “car” in “exploding car”. https://fuelarc.com/evs/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 threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸Feb 25
@kottke I'm very glad these abominations never made it to Europe. The worst we got are people dense enough to pay extra for imported oversized US "Trucks" (which can't be imported and sold en mass due to being inherently unsafe).
Show threadÖlbaumMar 1
@Natanox Didn’t the EU recently announce that they were going to follow the US for car homologation? It worries me, because Switzerland follows the EU, and I don’t want to see wankpanzers on my streets either.
Show threadNatanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@oscherler The commission announced they planed something, but the opposition was fierce. I don't know if it actually happened, was stopped or is still lingering.
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