• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    That issue was overblown. Very interesting history is you care to look it up or watch a long video. Still, bad engineering choice.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        16 days ago

        19 for the entire run of the Pinto. That’s out of 3 million sold.

        Tesla overall is multiples of that. If you get rear ended, very high chance it will be a Tesla while a driver is swiping left and right to find a trivial setting.

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      16 days ago

      No. You’re confusing the ABC program about the AMC Gremlin, where they put a firecracker in the boot, with the Pinto. Ford admitted liability for the Pinto.

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      16 days ago

      Because overblowing safety designs in the media is the main tool of large law firms in the US to force a big settlement fast.

      Remember AUDI and Toyota unintended acceleration? This is why all cars now have black boxes, because idiots mash the gas instead of the brake then claim their car was possessed by the devil.

      Why is the EU not allowing Tesla to sell some models while US does? Why is EU going to ban screen interfaces? Are they stupid?