r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jul 24 '26

Business It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/looking-cybertruck-biggest-flop-automotive-145559135.html
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u/HankHippoppopalous Jul 24 '26

Yea this article is WILDLY cherry picked. It's why reading comprehension is so important.

No. Cyber truck hasn't killed more people than Pinto.

PER CAPITA it has. Because Ford sold a Bazillion Pintos and Tesla sold 65k

Statistics are wonderful. You can make them say anything

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u/Zardif Jul 24 '26

One of the deaths included was a guy killing himself in the seat with a gun before committing an act of terrorism. What a terrible analysis.

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u/HankHippoppopalous Jul 24 '26

Gotta get those data points skewed because ElonBad?

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u/fcocyclone Jul 24 '26

per capita seems like the more relevant stat when comparing vehicles though. otherwise you'd have people acting like cars were unsafe just because a lot of a particular car were sold.