The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis
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Reads like clickbait. There's 34K Cybetrucks, so the actual number of fire fatalities is rounded to 5, one of which is the trumptower guy (so 20% is already intentional). Not that these are encouraging numbers, but you can't draw conclusions from an N of 4.
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It's barely sold in the US as well.
Might have something to do with it looking fucking stupid.
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I love Elon Bad posts, but I think it's worthwhile to examine why Elon bad in this case.
Like many reactionaries, Elon's business philosophy is pure tech-bro-libertarianism. And like all libertarians, he's stuck in the neoliberal mindset of less regulation (don't scrutinize) and more efficiency (let me be cheap), in order to create the safe space that industrialists need to
extract, er create.He's literally said things like (paraphrasing)
When I see a specification for three bolts I ask: why can't we do it with two?
His transparent reasoning is that if he's allowed to cut corners, he'll save money today and consequences can be dealt with when they arise.
He's following the software model of release a minimally viable product and patch it later. Only instead of user frustration at being beta testers, you fucking die maybe.
Also, normally the cost savings should go to the client, not into some billionaires bank account.
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1/6887 is not good odds.
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I love Elon Bad posts, but I think it's worthwhile to examine why Elon bad in this case.
Like many reactionaries, Elon's business philosophy is pure tech-bro-libertarianism. And like all libertarians, he's stuck in the neoliberal mindset of less regulation (don't scrutinize) and more efficiency (let me be cheap), in order to create the safe space that industrialists need to
extract, er create.He's literally said things like (paraphrasing)
When I see a specification for three bolts I ask: why can't we do it with two?
His transparent reasoning is that if he's allowed to cut corners, he'll save money today and consequences can be dealt with when they arise.
He's following the software model of release a minimally viable product and patch it later. Only instead of user frustration at being beta testers, you fucking die maybe.
Him and his libertarian friends fuck up left and right. Crashing startups and just getting more money for another. Etc
Yet they hold the government to a standard of being perfect and high performing with no room for failure.
And Trump is the biggest fuckup of all these guys.
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...and unlike the Pinto, because we are so deep into fucked-reality-ville, it won't get recalled.
These are cybertruck owners....
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...and unlike the Pinto, because we are so deep into fucked-reality-ville, it won't get recalled.
Probably why he’s closed the CFPB.
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HUSH!!! DO NOT TELL THE CUCKWAGON OWNERS!!
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1/6887 is not good odds.
Better than COVID...
cough.
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The kind of car Blade Runner would have driven.
Blade Runner vehicles were more aligned with 1960s coupes
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Might have something to do with it looking fucking stupid.
I have no problem with something looking stupid. The problem for me is not just that it looks stupid, but that it is stupid
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It seems obvious in hindsight. Sheet metal doors will crumple in a way that can't be opened, trapping occupants. The fire doesn't need to start in the relatively safe and armored battery system. It could be pinched wiring causing a short that ignites plastic interiors, or a fire from another vehicle spreading to the cybertruck.
I'm sure someone mentioned all this to them during design.
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Agreed. And that's where consumer choice comes in. People don't want them. Tesla is having to rework their entire plant to use the assembly lines that produce cybertrucks because they can't sell the ones they've already made. They projected and prepared to manufacturer and sell 500,000 and they've sold something like 40,000 and the rest are just sitting in retail lots or holding lots collecting dust. The best estimate seems to be that they might be able to sell another 30,000 in 2025. But with tax credits for EV's going away and other regulations going into effect world wide, that is probably a pipe dream.
Look, all I'm asking is that Tesla investors lose all their goddamn money.
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I think that fanbase is staying to wane. But who knows, maybe the gas loving Maga rednecks will start buying...who am I kidding, most of them can't afford the ridiculous price tag.
the maga crowd has diesel truck attache to their very masculinity, thats never happening.
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Really took the wind out of my satirical comment that Musk wanted to bring back the Pinto.
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You can't use "literally" and "paraphrasing" like that.
You can’t use “literally” and
.. be over 14
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Him and his libertarian friends fuck up left and right. Crashing startups and just getting more money for another. Etc
Yet they hold the government to a standard of being perfect and high performing with no room for failure.
And Trump is the biggest fuckup of all these guys.
I see you don’t understand testing things before they are safe for humans to be inside of. So by this logic, you are saying “blowing up rockets until it works” is also saying “crash testing cars is stupid.”
<blank stare>
If NASA was funded properly, we may not be leaning on one private company, whose owner is a nazi, to be paving our way forward for daily space activities. Can’t say things won’t blow up during testing, but at least it won’t be headed by that guy.
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I look at the cartoon from Byrnes and it reminds me of the US healthcare system.
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Him and his libertarian friends fuck up left and right. Crashing startups and just getting more money for another. Etc
Yet they hold the government to a standard of being perfect and high performing with no room for failure.
And Trump is the biggest fuckup of all these guys.
Blowing up rockets until it works is a far better approach than trying to get everything to work on the first try and ending up with a hugely overpriced white elephant.
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I would trust a Smart Fortwo more than the POS Cybertruck.
