9 hours ago · An analysis from FuelArc calls out Tesla’s Cybertruck for having a higher fatality rate than the infamous Ford Pinto, reports Julianne McShane in Mother Jones. Since they were released a year ago, Cybertrucks have a fatality rate of 14.5 per 100,000 units; the Pinto had a fatality rate 17 times ...

1 day ago · A new report has come to a disturbing conclusion for Elon Musk's Tesla Cybertruck — the model is far more dangerous than even the infamously "explosive" Ford Pintos of the 1970s. Automotive site ...

3 days ago · A new analysis by independent automotive blog FuelArc suggests that fire fatalities are 17 times more likely in a Cybertruck than in the infamous Ford Pinto — the posterchild of deadly cars if ...

5 hours ago · FuelArc’s research shows that five Cybertruck drivers have already died in fires, whereas 27 Pinto drivers met the same fate. However, when adjusted for the number of units sold, the Cybertruck’s projected fire fatality rate sits at 14.52 deaths per 100,000 vehicles, vastly surpassing the Pinto’s 0.85.

2 days ago · The other Cybertruck fatalities included in the analysis were the ones that took place in December in Piedmont, ... though—the Ford Pinto fatalities—is a strong, and telling, one.

1 day ago · A recent study by FuelArc shows the Cybertruck outpaces the legendary Ford Pinto in one way: deaths per 100k units. Not just ugly, but unsafe. The news seems filled with stories of stuck, broken ...

15 hours ago · FuelArc found that the fatality rate per 100,000 units was 14.52 for the Cybertruck and 0.85 for the Pinto, concluding that the Tesla model was "17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a ...

1 day ago · Doing the math, Leadfoot concludes: “The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto.” “The Ford Pinto was a meme from the time before memes – a symbol of ...

12 hours ago · In an explosive report, a group claims to have studied data related to Tesla Cybertruck crashes, concluding the EV is 17 times more likely for fire fatalities in a crash than the Ford Pinto. That’s stirring up plenty of controversy since many view the Pinto as an unmitigated disaster, although some are coming to the classic car’s defense, as well as contesting claims the all-electric truck ...

Dec 13, 2024 · By calling the Ford Pinto a "joke," the meme's author promoted years-old questionable claims about the car model. In 1990, UCLA law professor Gary T. Schwartz concluded that the Pinto's...