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, FuelArc found, 27 Pinto drivers died in fires, while five Cybertruck drivers have suffered the same fate, at least so far.)
Asked for comment, a FuelArc analyst had some advice for Cybertruck owners: "you should know where your emergency door releases are and how to operate them, and instruct your backseat passengers on the same."
FuelArc caveats that the numbers are an estimate at best, because Tesla doesn't release its Cybertruck sales data to the public, lest it hurt its stock price. But that's not the only thing that hasn't been released.
The Cybertruck — an almost 3 ton vehicle which is apparently allowed to drive itself — has never passed independent crash testing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Authority, and has refused to release its in-house safety testing data, which means other drivers and pedestrians are in the dark as to its safety.The UK won’t let the things in, and the EU wants to ban them.
Meanwhile, in America, where “regulation” is a four-letter word…
(The car in the picture, by the way, caught fire because it ran over a fire hydrant and the water flooded the battery compartment, starting a fire that took 90 minutes to extinguish. Even Pintos never burned because water got in the engine compartment.))
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