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Report: Elon's cybertrucks are deadlier than infamous Ford Pintos
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A new report suggests that the Cybertrucks are deadlier than one of the most flawed American cars ever made: the Ford Pinto .
An analysis published Thursday by the auto news website FuelArc found that, in their one year of existence, Cybertruck had five fire fatalities, giving them a fatality rate of 14.5 percent per 100,000 units.
That’s 17 times that of the fatal crash-test-tested Ford Pintos , whose famously flawed gas tank design led to 27 reported fire fatalities.
The Cybertruck has reportedly not been crash-tested by the NHTSA or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety .
Tesla has recalled the truck seven times last year alone, including once over a trapped accelerator pedal.
Experts have also said its sharp stainless steel design could hurt pedestrians and cyclists.
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