We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to compare to the Ford Pinto, a car so notoriously combustible that it has become a watchword for corporate greed. Let’s start with the data […]
TL;DR: The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto
this again? They didn’t even read their own reference for the fire stats…
(fire 41 fatalities for 33 accidents in 2.5 years, with no more than 2.2M of pintos on the road by then; also, just because most people didn’t burn, there were still 1,626 fatalities in the same 2.5 years, so it’s as cherry picked a comparison as it gets).
This ‘news article’ from OP is just some dudes one-man show blog, and looking through a few articles they seem to dislike all EVs not just Teslas. Absolutely garbage source, I’m not surprised you found errors.
yeah half the EV articles are about the CT on the blog. But I suspect it’s because the haters click more. What would be a valid analysis after a little longer because the CTs haven’t been on the roads long enough, is to compare them with the F150 Lightning. I suspect fire rates will be fairly similar between the two.
I don’t really want to get into a debate about specifics, but this has long been the case with Elon and Tesla/SpaceX.
Especially pre pedo comment, much of what gets said about him and his companies are much like including the fireworks. Fake, made up, or exaggerated shit meant to stir up extra hate for the circle jerk.
However, he has done so many blatantly bad things since then that there really is no reason to have to make shit up or do fake analysis, but it still happens and always has. The circlejerk needs to continue fake or not.
this again? They didn’t even read their own reference for the fire stats… (fire 41 fatalities for 33 accidents in 2.5 years, with no more than 2.2M of pintos on the road by then; also, just because most people didn’t burn, there were still 1,626 fatalities in the same 2.5 years, so it’s as cherry picked a comparison as it gets).
This ‘news article’ from OP is just some dudes one-man show blog, and looking through a few articles they seem to dislike all EVs not just Teslas. Absolutely garbage source, I’m not surprised you found errors.
yeah half the EV articles are about the CT on the blog. But I suspect it’s because the haters click more. What would be a valid analysis after a little longer because the CTs haven’t been on the roads long enough, is to compare them with the F150 Lightning. I suspect fire rates will be fairly similar between the two.
Facts getting in a way of hating on things we don’t like???
Yeah, facts aren’t very popular when it’s about shitting on the cybertruck.:D
There was the original story a week ago about this and the “analyst” included the fireworks explosion in Vegas to get to their resiult.
yup. it’s quite disturbing that even a rolling industrial garbage container like the CT needs fake analyses to be ridiculed.
I don’t really want to get into a debate about specifics, but this has long been the case with Elon and Tesla/SpaceX.
Especially pre pedo comment, much of what gets said about him and his companies are much like including the fireworks. Fake, made up, or exaggerated shit meant to stir up extra hate for the circle jerk.
However, he has done so many blatantly bad things since then that there really is no reason to have to make shit up or do fake analysis, but it still happens and always has. The circlejerk needs to continue fake or not.