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Tesla Cybertruck's stiff structure, sharp design raise safety concerns (www.reuters.com)
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[–] Knusper@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Funnily enough, you could have also bought a 1979 Ford car with that 'feature': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Fuel_system_fires,_recalls,_and_litigation

The TL;DR is that in many Ford Pintos, fuel vapors would leak into the chassis. So, another car even just lightly bumping into the back, could cause a Ford Pinto to go up in a big fire ball.