Elon Musk’s Cybertrucks said to be 17x deadlier than the explosive Ford Pintos of the 1970s.

[newsguyusa@flipboard.social]

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/

[wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org]

@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

[catwoman69y2k@meow.social]

@newsguyusa *laughs in Elder Millennial*

[paul@oldfriends.live]

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

Also, I loved my Pinto. lol.

Paul Chambers🚧 (@paul@oldfriends.live)

Attached: 1 image @SecularJeffrey@ohai.social My first car was a 1976 Pinto wagon. Loved that car. I bought it off my cousin for $500 when I was 14 and started driving it when I was 15 1/2. It was the Ford green color scheme. It looked like this one:

oldfriends.live (oldfriends.live)

[mxhdroom@mas.to]

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

[adamshostack@infosec.exchange]

@newsguyusa

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?

(cc @boblord )

[drangnon@hachyderm.io]

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