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TL;DR: The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto.

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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious how explosive it is compared to the Ford Exploder personally, that's a more direct comparison of vehicle type. And those were rolling over and exploding all over the place much more recently than the Pinto back in the 70s.

[–] Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

LOL, weren't around for all that? It was quite a thing. Here's a (boring) timeline:

https://www.fordexplorerrollover.com/explorer_rollovers/default.cfm

Ah! Better article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy