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Tesla accidentally busted two windows on the Cybertruck while demonstrating how tough they are
TechCrunch / Yahoo Finance ^ | November 21, 2019 | Greg Kumparak

Posted on 11/22/2019 3:29:03 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom

Well, I don't think that was supposed to happen.

In what was one of the more surreal product launches I've seen, Tesla debuted its $39,900 Cybertruck pickup tonight. After running through some specs and hitting the truck's door with a sledge hammer, Elon asked an onstage companion (Tesla's lead designer, Franz von Holzhausen) to demonstrate the strength of the Tesla "Armor Glass" by throwing a solid metal, baseball-sized ball at the driver side window.

It... did not go well. While the glass didn't completely shatter, it did appear to crack from edge to edge.

"Oh my [bleeping] God," Musk laughs. "Well, maybe that was a little too hard."

So they tried it again on the rear passenger window... and it cracked too. "Room for improvement," Musk says with a shrug.

Was this a gag? A "Hah hah! Just kidding, here's a test on the real glass!" sort of thing? Nope. Elon stood in front of the truck, two broken windows and all, and completed the presentation.

While no one would expect most standard windows to stand up to a test like this, even Elon seemed surprised by the results. "We threw wrenches, we threw everything," he said on stage. "We even literally threw a kitchen sink at the glass, and it didn't break. For a little weird reason it broke now, I don't know why."


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To: SpaceBar

Are you sure that isn’t the IIHS picks for the safest FOREIGN cars from model year 2019?


41 posted on 11/22/2019 5:10:34 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: RedMonqey
I guess the sloping sides help deflect radar beams so the cattle don't see the farmer approaching....

That's funny because my very first thought was that it took its styling cues from a modern stealthy destroyer...

...or the old F-117 Nighthawk

I like your idea of the farmer being able to sneak up on his cows! LOL!

42 posted on 11/22/2019 5:14:59 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: nwrep
“ Look, it is not elefant, or elevant, or elehant, or elesant. It is elephant.”

that’s a rELEVANT post.

43 posted on 11/22/2019 5:16:30 PM PST by Redcitizen (Tagline not secure.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

They said it was BULLET PROOF. Did he throw a bullet? NO!!! He threw an object that is MUCH HEAVIER.

So...more Fake News.


44 posted on 11/22/2019 5:22:09 PM PST by BobL (I drive a pickup truck to work because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Right, it stymies COWDAR. lol


45 posted on 11/22/2019 5:23:20 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Well, at least he doesn’t throw like a girl.


46 posted on 11/22/2019 5:24:53 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick

“COWDAR” — LOL. Moooo!!


47 posted on 11/22/2019 5:27:26 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Trump.Deplorable

“That’s a truck?”

Reminds me of a cross between a Humvee and a M3A1 White Scout Car.


48 posted on 11/22/2019 5:34:12 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The door held up well


49 posted on 11/22/2019 5:36:01 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I have always wanted a Humlorean!


50 posted on 11/22/2019 6:17:09 PM PST by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
F=MA

They needed a smaller rock.

51 posted on 11/22/2019 6:21:26 PM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: TexasGator
You might want to slow down on gulping that Kool-aid:

NHTSA to Tesla: Stop claiming your cars the safest.

tl;dr:

Telsa has been lying about the results NHTSA produced.

52 posted on 11/22/2019 6:26:50 PM PST by CodeToad
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To: odawg

Maybe if he hadn’t used such an awful phrase about his Creator, things would have gone better for him.


53 posted on 11/22/2019 6:32:42 PM PST by Rastus
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It turns out that my brother-in-law bought one of those things last night. Or, at least he put In a reservation to get one. I would love to see how this thing turns out when he finally gets it.
Oh yeah, total liberal too.


54 posted on 11/22/2019 6:37:29 PM PST by hoagy62 (America Supreme!)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

“Humlorean” — nice coinage! I like that a lot. Fits perfectly.


55 posted on 11/22/2019 7:02:40 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TexasGator

Yes, “The man”, not his staff.
He was surprised that a large solid steel ball broke his windows, twice.

Oh, and “Worlds most powerful rocket”?
Pretty certain the Atlas/Saturn series pre-date him.


56 posted on 11/22/2019 7:50:44 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It was no accident: It was a publicity stunt.

Everyone’s now talking about that fugly POS.


57 posted on 11/22/2019 7:55:44 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Born to Conserve

And the same to you too!
Whatever set you off.

And no, I am not a Musk/Tesla fanboy.
I dread what the results are going to be for my local economy when Tesla crashes.
Kind of hope for sooner rather than later, the overall damage will be less severe.


58 posted on 11/22/2019 7:57:21 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
"We threw wrenches, we threw everything," he said on stage. "We even literally threw a kitchen sink at the glass, and it didn't break. For a little weird reason it broke now, I don't know why."

Many a mickle makes a muckle.

You would think a engineer would know that.

59 posted on 11/22/2019 7:58:34 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (A hero is a hero no matter what medal they give him. Likewise a schmuck is still a schmuck.)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

“Engineer”?
Does he actually have any genuine (Not honorary) degrees in his own name?


60 posted on 11/22/2019 8:04:23 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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