Flush Door Handles and 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.

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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.