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The Guardian: Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck

"...Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones. Victims’ families blame what they say is the faulty design...“The body inside was severely burnt and was completely unidentifiable,” one officer wrote in his report. “You could see a pelvic spine and ribcage laying across the front two seats, mostly in the passenger seat,” another wrote..."

(CW: gory descriptions of what happens when people are incinerated to death in a Cybertruck)

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/tesla-cybertruck-crashes-battery-fires

#tesla #cybertruck #gory

Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck

Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they disintegrated drivers’ bones. Victims’ families blame what they say is faulty design

The Guardian

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AI6YR Ben 2d ago

Per article: “He burned to death at 5,000°F – a fire so hot his bones experienced thermal fracture,” reads the complaint from Sheehan’s family. The lawsuit contends Sheehan could have survived the crash, if he had been able to open the doors and escape the blaze, which flared to temperatures hotter than most cremation ovens. “The crash forces themselves were survivable,” the lawyers wrote.

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Nine Oh Real

@ai6yr 5,000F equals 2.760°C
Just as a quick note.

I've been converting between °F and °C so much these past few weeks watching the heatwave in the US.

Regarding the topic: holy rolling hell 😱