@avidiax is right, but the wording (aside from the last sentence) makes it sounded like Cybertrucks are safer.
Here's the math.
27 deaths caused by Pintos. ~ 3 million Pintos produce. "The recall affected approximately 1.5 million Pintos with model years from 1971 to 1976" according to [1].
If we take the 1.5 million number, 27/1500000 = .000018%
If we take the 3 million number, 27/3000000 = .000009%
[2] says they sold 38965 in 2024. Wikipedia says "it entered production in November 2023 and was first delivered to customers later that month." Let's say they sold 40,000 in total, which is in line with 34,000. Let's remove the non-related fatality.
4/40,000 = .0001%
This is 5.5x fatality rate if we take the 1.5 million number,
11x fatality rate if we take the 3 million number.
Article took the 5 fatality and 3 million number to get 14x.
I don't see any problem with the math nor assumptions.
Here's the math.
27 deaths caused by Pintos. ~ 3 million Pintos produce. "The recall affected approximately 1.5 million Pintos with model years from 1971 to 1976" according to [1].
If we take the 1.5 million number, 27/1500000 = .000018%
If we take the 3 million number, 27/3000000 = .000009%
[2] says they sold 38965 in 2024. Wikipedia says "it entered production in November 2023 and was first delivered to customers later that month." Let's say they sold 40,000 in total, which is in line with 34,000. Let's remove the non-related fatality.
4/40,000 = .0001%
This is 5.5x fatality rate if we take the 1.5 million number, 11x fatality rate if we take the 3 million number.
Article took the 5 fatality and 3 million number to get 14x.
I don't see any problem with the math nor assumptions.
1. https://www.reifflawfirm.com/fords-fiery-pintos-lead-injurie...
2. https://insideevs.com/news/747195/tesla-cybertruck-sales-dem...