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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: ProtectOurFreedom

it figures that Musk would invent a “truck” that has no cargo space ...


61 posted on 11/22/2019 8:33:49 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: bigbob

“The door held up well”

the guy used a plastic sledge hammer, not a steel one, and it was obvious that he pulled his punch if you watched carefully ...


62 posted on 11/22/2019 8:38:39 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Why is this news?

All bulletproof glass shatters to some extent.

Here is a jewelry display window attacked with a hammer:

Here is a ballistic test of a bullet-resistant glass panel:

If a bulletproof "window" is transparent, it is going to spider web crack when a bullet - or a metal ball - hits it.

63 posted on 11/23/2019 2:22:59 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Yes, but not when you gently toss a cream puff on it.


64 posted on 11/23/2019 6:15:51 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Yardstick; ProtectOurFreedom
Right, it stymies COWDAR. lol

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Cybertruck... A...waaay!

65 posted on 11/23/2019 8:57:52 AM PST by RedMonqey
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To: CodeToad
"You might want to slow down on gulping that Kool-aid: "

From your link (my emphasis):

The agency has a five-star safety rating system, awarding more stars to cars that perform better in its battery of safety tests. The Model 3 earned five stars across the board, for having low risk of injuries to left- and right-seat front passengers in front crash tests, and left-side front and rear passengers in two left-side crash tests simulating being hit by another car and hitting a pole on the side of the road. The Model 3 also received five stars in NHTSA's dynamic rollover-propensity test. Last month, NHTSA finished testing the all-wheel-drive Model 3 Long Range Dual-Motor, which earned the same five stars across the board, earning the entire Model 3 lineup the same across-the-board five-star rating.

66 posted on 11/23/2019 9:03:28 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)-—a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel—Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and reliability of Falcon 9.

Its first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars.

spaceX


67 posted on 11/23/2019 9:09:36 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: SpaceBar

“not a Tesla in there. “

No response from you on several posts to your post.


68 posted on 11/23/2019 9:11:37 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

Dragon is a free-flying spacecraft designed to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations. It is the only spacecraft currently flying that is capable of returning significant amounts of cargo to Earth. Currently Dragon carries cargo to space, but it was designed from the beginning to carry humans. The first demonstration flight under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program launched on March 2, 2019 at 2:49 a.m. ET. The Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the space station ahead of schedule at 6:02 a.m. ET on March 3, 2019, becoming the first American spacecraft in history to autonomously dock with the International Space Station.

SpaceX


69 posted on 11/23/2019 9:13:20 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. Starship will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, with the ability to carry in excess of 100 metric tonnes to Earth orbit. Drawing on an extensive history of launch vehicle and engine development programs, SpaceX has been rapidly iterating on the design of Starship with orbital-flight targeted for 2020.

SpaceX


70 posted on 11/23/2019 9:14:41 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Yawn, none of that proves Musk himself any smarter than the local quickie-mart clerk.

Anyone could do a lot with virtually unlimited access to other peoples money and a staff of genuine experts to guide them.

I’ve turned down jobs working for Tesla, I know several current and former workers there.
Seems you might fit right in, Musk likes his employees to worship him with unquestioning loyalty.

THIS thread began with Musk being surprised that a large, dense, heavy, object broke glass.


71 posted on 11/23/2019 9:24:51 AM PST by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: RedMonqey

LOL!

Cybertruck — ensuring victory over the COWmmies...


72 posted on 11/23/2019 9:45:46 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: zeestephen

Yep, the shattering is how the glass dissipates the energy of the bullet.


73 posted on 11/23/2019 9:50:44 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: Ex gun maker.

“Yawn, none of that proves Musk himself any smarter than the local quickie-mart clerk.”

ROTFLMAO!


74 posted on 11/23/2019 10:06:04 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

“This thread began ...”

But degenerated into some one calling Musk an ignorant ‘tard.


75 posted on 11/23/2019 10:10:35 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

“Anyone could do a lot with virtually unlimited access to other peoples money and a staff of genuine experts to guide them.”

zip2, X.com, PayPal

He founded SpaceX with his own money.


76 posted on 11/23/2019 10:18:08 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

You obviously didn’t do your homework when you were interviewing!


77 posted on 11/23/2019 10:20:30 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Ex gun maker.

“I dread what the results are going to be for my local economy when Tesla crashes.”


Tesla shares soar after crushing third-quarter earnings

CNBC


78 posted on 11/23/2019 10:25:16 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

No response from you about how Tesla misrepresented their safety data.


79 posted on 11/23/2019 10:39:09 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: TexasGator

Actually I did, why I turned them down.


80 posted on 11/23/2019 10:40:41 AM PST by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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