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15 people died in US accidents where Tesla doors wouldn't open - Bloomberg (unn.ua)

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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

[–] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

I quite recommend the Swindled podcast episode on the Pinto:

https://swindledpodcast.com/podcast/124-the-pinto/

Warnings for blunt descriptions of horrible injuries and tragic deaths. And incredible corporate malfeasance.

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 2 points 3 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.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Say that again for the people who died.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 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.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 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?