Couldn’t you lower your head and drive off? Hit the camera view and focus on the new front camera? I know I would like to think I wouldn’t just sit there, still, not driving, thinking “Dang, I wish they had made the glass ’bulletproof’!”.
Most carjacking is done right at side the car/truck.
I mentioned this in the other thread.
? Gotta love Sia, but no. If this is going to be advertised all of the gun nuts are going to come out of the woodwork and try to prove that their gun can penetrate the cabin (insert dick jokes here). I’m pretty sure CyberTruck owners don’t want to be shot at on a regular basis. They should have kept this on the DL and let it be a secret feature.
I am hoping bullet proof was a result of the thicker steel needed to actually have some form of exoskeleton skin and not specifically thicker steel just to be bullet proof. I would hate to think I am carrying around hundreds of pounds of steel all the time that was wasted until the very unlikely day came that I was shot atThere's nobody in the truck. To what 'people in it' are you referring?
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Elon said it was bulletproof in the 2019 reveal. He had to explain again to Jay Leno that it was Bad Ass and Super Cool. Elon kept those strengths in the redesigned Cybertruck. Very encouraging!
Can't wait the see the glass demo!
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It's not just about 'getting shot at', but that example was used because it was effective demonstration of Strength. Many other ways to demonstrate it, including Franz's hammer. It's really also assurance that protection will be provided for a variety of impacts, crashes, or even accidental (or attempted) door dings.
Nice try at putting words in my mouth. If the thickness of steel was selected specifically for its bullet proof ability and it does not contribute to the vehicle strength in a meaningful way its useless and they could have gone with 1mm stainless and reinforced it in a lighter manner for strength. Thicker plates are a very ineffective way to strengthen something and that definitely wouldn’t be teslas approach. They will try to exploit any feature or material they can.
What 'words'? You don't have to get it. You don't need to rationalize any of your speculative design aspects to us, because we didn't make those decisions, Tesla did. If you have issues with their design decisions, take it up with Tesla or buy something else.
You insinuated that i think strength is wasteful. You were referring originally to the bulletproofing being a strength that tesla was looking to maintain. I argued that i am hoping bulletproofing was a byproduct of the strength needed for the structural design and not actually a goal of the design as it would be counter to Teslas mission statement and possibly add uneccessary weight to a vehicle. 99.99999% of people have not and will not need a bulletproof vehicle.
Why speculate at all???
A lot of this comes down to situational awareness.
Have you ever tried to put a deep scratch in stainless steel rolled to ultra-hard condition?
My 2010 F-150 has shitty thin steel that a pellet air rifle can easily penetrate. The aluminum used in newer F-150s is actually pretty hard stuff. Not that it would stop a handgun, not even close, but it would be more difficult to penetrate with an air rifle than the steel used on my older F-150. And, if it was penetrated, it wouldn't rust.
While I agree to some extent that it is unfortunate that there are crazies in the world, there was never going to be any hiding the fact that the CT outer skin is 3 mm Ultrahard stainless steel. The media try everything, YouTubers intentionally pretend to be asleep in the back of Teslas self driving down the highway. There are so many scenarios that lead to the same place. I am grateful that the CT is made strong and, although Elon likes to have fun in these ways, he makes his point. If I have a choice between driving a car on 880 through Oakland that has been demonstrated to be able to take a bullet, and any other car on the market, I’ll take the CT.
