Cybertrucks Are a Safety Disaster w/ Dara Kerr
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Cybertrucks Are a Safety Disaster
Dara Kerr
Notes
Paris Marx is joined by Dara Kerr to discuss how Elon’s decision to prioritize aesthetics over safety has created a safety crisis causing people to burn alive in their Cybertrucks and other Tesla vehicles.
Guest
Dara Kerr is a technology reporter at Guardian US.
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Links
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Dara wrote about fiery, deadly crashes involving Cybertrucks.
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Bloomberg has tracked the wider problem of Tesla door handles trapping occupants in their vehicles.
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Here is a report that supports the suggestion that Musk doesn’t like the colour yellow.
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Here is an analysis comparing the Cybertruck to the Ford Pinto.
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Cybertrucks are not approved for sale in the EU or UK.
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China is the first nation to legislate that handles must be mechanically functional from both sides of a vehicle door.