Is Your Cyber Truck A BBQ on Wheels?

[AbleGuy]

“Hot” off the press…​

When It Comes To Vehicle Fires, The Cybertruck Might Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis​

Sat, February 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM MST

The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis

Blowout On a crisp, dry New Years morning in downtown Las Vegas, US Army Master Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger rolled his rental cybertruck up near the front doors of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas. Levelsberger then armed a device which would soon detonate a collection of gas canisters and...

autos.yahoo.com

“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 ever there was one.

The site arrives at that conclusion by comparing the total units sold so far — 34,438 for the Cybertruck, compared to 3,173,491 for the ill-fated Pinto, discontinued in 1980 — and comparing reported fire fatalities for both.

At the current rate of horrible fiery deaths, FuelArc projects the Cybertruck will have 14.52 fatalities per 100,000 units — far eclipsing the Pinto's 0.85. (In absolute terms, FuelArcfound, 27 Pinto drivers died in fires, while five Cybertruck drivers have suffered the same fate, at least so far.”

If that’s ⬆️ true, people may want to think twice about buying one of these! (Or at least stock their new EV truck with a box of graham cracker, a few bars of chocolate and a bag of marshmallows)🥴

 

[Ozarker]

The Pinto was a pretty good car, the problem was bad drivers that kept hitting them in the rear end bursting the gas tank, not a big deal, a fuel cell fixed the issue.

Not so good was the Gremlin, the same problem but less protection.

 

[rruff]

There have been two fatal crashes. One of those with 3 fatalities, the other 1. The 5th one is the guy who blew up the car on purpose.

Want to take a stab on what the error bars would be with only 2 incidents?

 

[dstefan]

A BBQ on Wheels?​

Just in time for tailgating for the Super Bowl . . . .

I’m sure @Hilldweller can get us an AI example!

 

[Ozarker]