We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to compare to the Ford Pinto, a car so notoriously combustible that it has become a watchword for corporate greed. Let’s start with the data…

  • katy ✨
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    111 month ago

    But the Ford Pinto is more fondly remembered

    • @ShowMePotatoSalad@lemmy.world
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      201 month ago

      Well the pinto had modest intentions. It was just meant to be an affordable compact car with good gas milage. The cybertruck is just a look-at-me-mobile for douche bros who have the rapey vibes of early Arnold Schwarzenegger.