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Las Vegas Police Touted New “Bulletproof” Cybertrucks. The Only Problem? They Aren’t Bulletproof. (fuelarc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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I feel like that's probably the one thing a vehicle marketed as bullet-proof needs to be... like, actually bullet-proof.

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[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The original design had a 3/16" stainless shell and some very special glass, especially the windshield. I know that the production model is just a similar-shaped cast aluminum Tesla frame with appliance-grade stainless sheets glued to it. It's basically a different vehicle from what they showed off.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 15 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not convinced its appliance grade after the talks about it tarnishing

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

A youtube creator showed what the said was a production car being shot with various calibers, the .22 barely dented it and if I remember right it resisted everything up to .45. My issue with that is I've seen the body panels and seen people proving its just the same stainless that a refrigerator has, and about the thickness of any car door, and I put .22 rnds threw both of them many times.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 16 points 2 weeks ago

There’s a jerryrigeverything video linked in the article. It barely holds up to a 9mm and falls to a .17.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How is this not false advertising?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

When Musk does it is just puffery

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Has anyone tried a pellet gun?

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I wanna try see a tesla trebuchet video. I should probably clarify; I mean I want to see a cyber truck launched by a huge trebuchet. Honestly that would be a terrifying weapon. As bad as diseased corpses being launched over castle walls, anyways.