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 […]
TL;DR: The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto
Since I’m half-intelligent, I won’t pretend to understand most what you’re saying here.
I don’t think the article linked is nonsense, though. It certainly isn’t leftist anything, miss me with that.
But… importantly… There is a statistically correct way to complete the following sentence:
“The Tesla Cybertruck is ______ times more/less explosive than the Ford Pinto.”
If you disagree with my answer to that question, what is your answer? I showed my math, I even invite the readers to re-run the equation. If you re-run it, what do you come up with? I bet your answer will be informative and helpful to the conversation about EV safety, two elements that are the “sugar,” “spice,” and “everything nice” about good reporting.
Since I’m half-intelligent, I won’t pretend to understand most what you’re saying here.
I don’t think the article linked is nonsense, though. It certainly isn’t leftist anything, miss me with that.
But… importantly… There is a statistically correct way to complete the following sentence:
“The Tesla Cybertruck is ______ times more/less explosive than the Ford Pinto.”
If you disagree with my answer to that question, what is your answer? I showed my math, I even invite the readers to re-run the equation. If you re-run it, what do you come up with? I bet your answer will be informative and helpful to the conversation about EV safety, two elements that are the “sugar,” “spice,” and “everything nice” about good reporting.