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Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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It's just the latest reason to be skeptical of the car's safety record.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (39 children)

the approximately 34,000 Cybertrucks on the roads had five fire fatalities

  1. They sold millions of Pintos. Sample size is important.

  2. They included the guy who shot himself and then blew up the truck. That had nothing to do with the truck. That one death made up 20% of their fatalities.

  3. The other 3 victims were all in the same vehicle, in the same crash, which means these 4 deaths were comprised of 2 incidents. Name another production car that hasn't had at least 2 collisions that resulted in a fire fatality.

Bad journalism is bad.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (20 children)

It's reported as the rate per 100,000 units. So that's accounted for.

Bad commenting is bad.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
  1. The total is 4. Thats the definition of a small sample.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the total sample is between 0 and 34,000 across the past couple years. You are mixing up sample, 34,000 is actually a remarkably large sample size.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe you dont understand clustering

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

do enlighten me then.

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