• NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I would usually give a lot of credit to someone trying something different, but I’d drive a 1971 Ford Pinto before I ever intentionally get within photographable proximity to a Cybertruck.

    • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      The danger of the Pinto was exaggerated. Do a web search for the You’re Wrong About episode on the Pinto. The investigative reporting on the Pinto’s safety flaw used a demonstration rigged to explode. Other subcompact cars had a similar dangling fuel tank, and the number of actual Pinto explosions in the field was actually rarer than those of its competitors.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        3 hours ago

        It was all fueled by a law firm, who picked out Ford because they had the most cash at the time.

        Same thing with AUDI “sudden acceleration”.

        then again with Toyota “sudden acceleration” , but Toyota had black boxes that proved the car’s accelerators were being pressed. Since then, every car company tracks data to prevent lawsuits.

      • JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net
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        5 hours ago

        And ironically, the danger of teslas is underreported and downplayed. Don’t you still burn a lithium-firey death if the electricity goes out during a car fire? There have been many people that have died from that insane intentional design already…