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The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis (futurism.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. (In absolute terms, FuelArc found, 27 Pinto drivers died in fires, while five Cybertruck drivers have suffered the same fate, at least so far.)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It would have prevented the "spark" part of the failure condition, but not the tank rupturing part.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Stopping the explosions seems like a good enough sort of solution to me

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

A more appropriate solution would be a plastic shield designed to fit around the whole front of the gas tank, and then appropriately fixed to the vehicle, as opposed to "some hardware store shit."

[–] psmgx 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leaking fuel is generally a bad thing. It may not hit the differential but let's say the exhaust or muffler is banged up and pointed downwards -- still gonna have a nasty fire

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Nasty fire still sounds better than instant explosion! Haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The bolts on the back of the diff would puncture the fuel tank, so it would help with both.