Was this a gag?
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It was almost certainly a publicity stunt.
Doesn’t anyone think they tested the glass ahead of time for the demo?
Curiously, Tesla had replacement glass ready to go and the truck was repaired before they gave test drives.
And at a cost of how much per window? My guess - $1000+ each. And the windshield of the same material - probably $2-3k.
Stainless Steel body panels - wait for your insurance company to vomit and your rates to be insane.
And of course, we still have this little matter of the batteries in these things - that do far more real, tangible environmental damage than any among of fossil-fuel vehicle...and has to be recycled ever what, 5 years or so? A battery for a 3-motor truck that supposedly can go 500+ miles on a charge- imagine the size and cost of such a battery.