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

Tesla "cybertrucks" have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they've disintegrated drivers' bones. States should designate vehicles which can lock passengers in as unsafe and illegal to drive on a road.

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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FandaSin 2d ago

@rms

Any sane engineer should have walked away from idiot who suggested (almost)purely electric door handles.
It's stupid on SO many levels, but mainly in case of accident, you will loose electricity to open the door from outside.

It's design 101 - how NOT to design safe doors.
You should always have some fall back way to open doors when everything fails.

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Huntn00 2d ago

@FandaSin @rms kind of what I’d expect from a Nazi Truck, when in doubt lock’m in! 🔥

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WesDym 2d ago

@rms In the US, the most infamously dangerous vehicle ever sold to the public was the Ford Pinto hatchback. Yet over 10 years and 3M units, Pinto only killed 27 people. CT's present rate of 14.5 fatalities / 100K units is 17 TIMES *HIGHER* than Pinto's. Where is the public outcry? This is far and away the deadliest vehicle ever to hit America's roads, yet it's still being sold.

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Kristen 1d ago

@wesdym @rms Why are you surprised? When pedophile shitbag Nazis are in charge, shit is what we all get, 24/7. #Epstein #Trump #GOP

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WesDym 1d ago

@kristen_d The extremely sad thing is I'm NOT surprised, for exactly the reasons you say. But it sure is a really bad look for us. That dumpster is already banned in countries better and smarter than ours.

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