Cybertrucks Are a Safety Disaster w/ Dara Kerr

About this episode

Paris Marx and Dara Kerr discuss the safety issues surrounding Tesla's Cybertruck and the implications of prioritizing aesthetics over safety.

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. Dara Kerr is a technology reporter at Guardian US. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon. The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Also mentioned in this episode: Dara wrote about fiery, deadly crashes involving Cybertrucks. Bloomberg has tracked the wider problem of Tesla door handles trapping occupants in their vehicles. Here is a report that supports the suggestion that Musk doesn’t like the colour yellow. Here is an analysis comparing the Cybertruck to the Ford Pinto. Cybertrucks are not approved for sale in the EU or UK. China is the first nation to legislate that handles must be mechanically functional from both sides of a vehicle door.

People in this episode

Host: Paris Marx

Guest: Dara Kerr

Topics covered

• automotive safety
• technology criticism
• Elon Musk
• Cybertruck
• Tesla vehicles
• media reporting
• safety regulations

Keywords

• Cybertruck
• Tesla
• safety crisis
• Dara Kerr
• Elon Musk
• automotive design
• fire incidents
• vehicle regulations
• Ford Pinto comparison
• media coverage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guardian US, Bloomberg, The Nation

Products: Cybertruck, Tesla, Ford Pinto

Places: EU, UK, China

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