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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 203 points 1 month ago (34 children)

Couldn't happen to an uglier, more stupid car.

It looks like something a 6 year old designed on a 1980s PC.

[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago (6 children)

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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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...

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