The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money

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The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money::Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money.

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Has anyone tossed a brick at the windows yet? Or has that debacle been swept under the rug?

It was a steel ball. They recreated the event with the same guy at the delivery event, but this time with a baseball and the dude gave it the most obvious limp wristed toss, it was incredibly cringe I highly recommend you seek that clip out because it’s absolutely hilarious.

God, that was worse than I expected. https://youtu.be/IUCMGB2AGaE

Lol, Franz is a wimp.

"So anyway, the glass is tough, basically". Sure Elon, we'll take your word for it. Is this how they test their rockets, too?

I want to see large gravel chunks at 80mph not a baseball at 25.

My 1995 truck could handle that throw, but sure, we'll call it "innovation"

If they were honest and smart about the glass, they would've only ever went with something like a baseball or anything soft-ish and really beamed it in to the window. They might be able to take bullet levels of force, but not from a chromed ball. A chromed ball will focus force WAY better than lead ever would, though if a baseball would've broken the window, a damn .22 would...

Admittedly car windows are just strong as fuck from the outside due to their curve and construction, and they did throw the metal ball hard at the glass before when practicing for the announcement event and it bounced right off.

Come to think of it, how much do Cybertruck windows curve?

You think there are curves on this abomination?

Depends on your pov. Not curved much compared to a window from any other car. But it is curved just as much as any other piece of flat glass you may want to compare it to.

If they were smart about it, they would have tried it out once before doing it in public to see if it worked.