Elon Musk’s Cybertruck found to be more dangerous than infamous Ford Pinto: report
A new report has come to a disturbing conclusion for Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck — the model is far more dangerous than even the infamously “explosive” Ford Pintos of the 1970s.
Automotive site FuelArc compiled the report after gathering “a full year of data for the Cybertruck” and pitting it against a decade worth of statistics for the Pinto, which was produced from 1970-1980.
FuelArc found that the fatality rate per 100,000 units was 14.52 for the Cybertruck and 0.85 for the Pinto, concluding that the Tesla model was “17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto.”
Now, Trump is wasting 400 million dollars on a vehicle that consumers have shunted because of all the perceived and actual problems. Why risk the lives of our men and women in the service?
The procurement document initially contained a line item that read: “Armored Tesla (Production Units)” — a reference to products from Elon Musk‘s electric vehicle company, Tesla. It was listed as a five-year contract and valued at $400 million, making it the biggest item on the list.
The document on the State Department’s website has since been revised. The same line item now reads “Armored Electric Vehicles.” It’s still listed as a five-year contract worth $400 million.
The latest version of the document doesn’t mention Tesla.
“I’m pretty sure Tesla isn’t getting $400M. No one mentioned it to me, at least,” Musk wrote on X on Thursday about the department’s revised forecast.
The initial document had a time stamp of December 13, 2024. The revised document bears a time stamp of February 12, 2025, at 9:12 p.m.
The State Department, the White House, and the State Department’s point of contact for procurement didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment about the change.
