Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck: Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they’ve disintegrated drivers’ bones.

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• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sounds like a great way to fake your death. The only problem is that everyone will think you died driving a Tesla.

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good point. Back to the drawing board.

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      See, there’s your problem. No one’s going to believe a drawing board disappeared a body.

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  • zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Or dispose of evidence.

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  • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It… also costs 100k

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    • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean if you’re faking your death I don’t think you’re planning on paying off the loan

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• SabinStargem@lemmy.today ⁨58⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  On the fiery side, we might have MAGA troops manning Tesla Tanks.

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• SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Fires that entrap passengers are a well-documented and recurring problem with every model in Tesla’s lineup of vehicles, but Cybertrucks appear to have a disproportionate number of known deaths. Safety experts have told the Guardian that the truck’s unique design amplifies the deadly issue. The vehicles come with high-density laminated windows that are harder to break than regular car windows, making escape and rescue difficult when doors won’t unlock. And the trucks are built with materials not commonly used in the industry, like stainless steel, which can complicate the work of emergency responders. The Cybertruck is also the first Tesla model to entirely eliminate door handles on the outside of the vehicle.

  First, “unique” design? It’s an ugly callback to the wedge-shaped cars of the 80s. It looks like a DeLorean model that refused to render properly, and the dev just went with it.

  Second, the decision to exclude door handles is fucking mental. It’s a mundane feature that cars have had since the Model T. If they wanted to make a pickup, its handles should resemble those found on a typical pickup. If it’s “aesthetics” they’re after (which shouldn’t matter when it comes to a pickup), some of the best looking cars have had no problem including door handles into its design.

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• BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s what futuristic hidden door handles get you. Nice and crispy.

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  • Denalduh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Not all of them act the same way. We have the hidden handles on our 26 Equinox EV but it still pivots open if you press on the opposite side of pulling to act as a normal handle.

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    • BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      “Burned into a charcoal because noone around knew how to onanize door handle into cooperation.” Would fit well on the tombstone

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• DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t Teslas have the highest crash fatality stats on the road or something? Terrible company.

  Tech Bytes: Tesla takes dubious crown with worst crash fatality rate by brand, according to new analysis

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  • rimu@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Cybertrucks are 17 times more likely to kill you in a fiery way than the Ford Pinto, the previous record holder.

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/report-cybertruck-safety-ford-pinto/

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    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m not in any way trying to downplay how bad the cyber-dumpster is, but is that an adequate sample size to extrapolate the fiery-death rate? The article says 17 times the rate of the Pinto, but it was only 5 total fires.

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  • Encephalotrocity@feddit.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    With ‘murican healthcare prices the fatality rate is a feature.

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  • towerful@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    But maybe they have the lowest crash rate?
    So like, crashes cost money right? Someone is responsible. Someone has to pay.
    But if everyone dies in an inferno, then nobody is responsible. Who can pay? They’re all dead! What medical bills? What repairs? It’s all a write off.
    Free market wins!

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    • pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      According to the article they have higher crash rates and fatalities because the drivers are worse. The cars themselves actually rate fairly high in safety standards.

      That being said, I think the safety evaluations are flawed and don’t consider things like electronic locks.

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• green_goglin@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  POINT AND LAUGH

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• breezeblock@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Free cremation — it’s a service!

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  • Haaveilija@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    CaaS

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  • romanticremedy@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Feature, not a bug.

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  • BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You could almost say it’s like being put into an oven.

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    • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I mean you can just say that if you really want

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  • skvlp@lemmy.wtf ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It will be monetised soon enough

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    • meathorse@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Popup on the screen:

      Your Tesla is on fire, escape is no longer possible as your subscription to “Escape Hatch” has expired. In order to enable “FlameOn ™ mode” for rapid immolation, please approve the one time payment of $4,206.90

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• org@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No body no crime

  Elon

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  • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ‘Ere little darlin’ — don’t shed no tear.

    No, no body, no crime.

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    • org@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I feel like that needs to be a Weird Al Yankovic cover. Although he would not be so morbid

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  ouch oof my bones

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• mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cant wait til they start taking volunteers for the Mars rocket

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• nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t understand why it doesn’t have a door handle. I don’t get it

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  • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Think like Steve Jobs. No buttons.

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    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨54⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      okay but it’s a car so it needs buttons and levers and stuff

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• TwilitSky@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly, it may not be drivable but you could set up mobile crematoriums for people’s loved ones in a pop up format and make a tidy little business provided you can clear the $10k the truck is worth daily.

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• crusa187@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  At this point if you’re still driving a swasticar, you deserve it.

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  • BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hey hey, just few years ago lefties were religiously buying teslas made by their prophet. What changed?

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    • crusa187@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In terms of american choice of EVs, nothing, because our government is bought and doesn’t represent the people at all.

      In terms of elongated muskrat lib palatability, he did the thing and took the mask off.

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• sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  A literal dumpster fire.

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• resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But it will act as a boat. Temporarily.

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• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  🤷

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• circuscritic@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Finally, a reason to like Cybertrucks.

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• Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Aww what a shame

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