Cybertruck size vs. Model Y and S (spotted at supercharger together)

[Deleted member 12560]

It's Colorado..... #baseballSizedHail.......

I live in South Florida. Hurricanes. Putting a car in a garage is a bigger risk. #CountrySizedStorms

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[FutureBoy]

My $25k in hail damage to my house begs to differ

It's Colorado..... #baseballSizedHail.......

Were those hail stones made of metal or something? The CT is impervious to sledge hammer strikes and theoretically even large solid metal ball bearings.

 

[fritter63]

Were those hail stones made of metal or something? The CT is impervious to sledge hammer strikes and theoretically even large solid metal ball bearings.

Once you've been hit (we got it 3 times on cars and once on a house roof), you never trust anything .....

One time it was only 3/4" hail.... but it lasted for 20 minutes.... it adds up!

 

[Gurule92]

Were those hail stones made of metal or something? The CT is impervious to sledge hammer strikes and theoretically even large solid metal ball bearings.

Basically a Franz steel ball. Apple size hail out here

 

[Gurule92]

I use the garage as a habitable space to make money to pay for my CT

Smart

 

[Coolbreeze704]

Basically a Franz steel ball.

Aren't they suppose to be brass and plural not singular.

 

[fritter63]

Basically a Franz steel ball. Apple size hail out here

I've heard it's gotten worse (more frequent?) since we left in '06.

 

[CYBRSMTH]

Nice size comparison. The first head-on shot that isn’t distorted by a wide-angle lens. The people in the photos seem short though. For all intents and purposes, I’m pretty sure the CyberTruck was specifically designed to be about the same size as an F-150.

 

[Gurule92]

I've heard it's gotten worse (more frequent?) since we left in '06.

I left in '10 but yea for sure came back in 17

 

[cvalue13]

Were those hail stones made of metal or something? The CT is impervious to sledge hammer strikes and theoretically even large solid metal ball bearings.

I can often not tell when you’re being sarcastic

 

[Gurule92]

I live in South Florida. Hurricanes. Putting a car in a garage is a bigger risk. #CountrySizedStorms

 

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[FutureBoy]

I can often not tell when you’re being sarcastic

In this case I was honestly mystified. We have seen the CT SS hit with a sledgehammer resulting in no damage. Then a huge metal ball bearing hitting the glass in the launch night demo video (before Fanz threw it live) and the glass did great.

I was reacting to people saying that they wanted to hide their CT in a garage to protect it from hail. Now I admit that there is a lot of hail damage on a yearly basis. But when ice hits something solid, it tends to shatter. Additionally a steel ball is much more dense than an ice ball. So even if the hail is as large or noticeably larger than the steel ball Franz threw, the chances of it causing damage is much diminished from a "normal" automobile (including a rough and tough truck).

Now, there are a couple caveats.
1: the demo we saw was for the side window glass with the presumption that the forward windscreen would be just as tough or tougher. But what of the glass above the cabin? Is it also made with the same level of strength?
2: Hail rarely comes down as a single stone by itself. So what would a sustained 1-2 minute hail storm do against a CT?

So given all that, I really have to question why people are worried about hail damage to their CT. If anything, I'd want to have a CT built big enough to encompass the house so the house is protected from hail. Perhaps the Tesla solar glass tiles match this description. Especially if the framing under the roof is built strong enough to handle the extra stress. From what I understand, the glass tiles are supposed to be strong enough to not worry about hail.

 

[Cyberman]

Wait, y'all use your garage to store cars? You don't use it as an attached warehouse?

'Merica, 'course!

 

[CyberGus]

In the first hailstorm, I’m going leave the vault open, so that later I can play in it like a ball pit

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