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.

  • Jay@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

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

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      11 months ago

      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.

        • 🅿🅸🆇🅴🅻@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          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?

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          11 months ago

          My 1995 truck could handle that throw, but sure, we’ll call it “innovation”

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        11 months ago

        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…

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          11 months ago

          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.

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          11 months ago

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