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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns (www.reuters.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Anticorp 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So after decades of improvements to crash safety with things like crumple zones and protected cabins, ol Elongated went and built a 1979 Ford LTD body?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's why I'm flipping it. https://i.redd.it/0g5uq31agxi71.jpg

Load my car with a stable, but when triggered, violent explosion.

[–] Anticorp 4 points 11 months ago

LOL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Funnily enough, you could have also bought a 1979 Ford car with that 'feature': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_system_fires,_recalls,_and_litigation

The TL;DR is that in many Ford Pintos, fuel vapors would leak into the chassis. So, another car even just lightly bumping into the back, could cause a Ford Pinto to go up in a big fire ball.