During the night Tesla presented a new model of electric car called Cybertruck, a pick-up designed to be extremely resistant and with a range greater than that which electric vehicles normally have. The car's frame is made with a special type of stainless steel, which should be 30 times stronger than normal, while the windows are made with a material called Armor Glass, which should not break in case of impact with external objects. During the Cybertruck presentation, Tesla CEO Elon Musk asked a co-worker to take the stage and demonstrate the strength of the car's body by hammering it. It also showed some pictures of the car being hit with .9mm caliber bullets and remaining intact.
However, there was an embarrassing failure at the time of the glass resistance test: Musk asked his co-worker to throw a metal object the size of a baseball at the windows, but instead of resisting the impact, the windows fell. shattered. After the throw Musk smiled and said “maybe this was too strong”, and so a second throw was made against another glass, and it shattered too. “There is still room for improvement,” Musk said soon after.
Yikes! Tesla CEO Elon Musk wanted to show how tough his Cybertruck was, but ended up shattering two windows. “We'll fix it in post,” a sheepish Musk quipped. https://t.co/XJhbPaGajc pic.twitter.com/PnjWKtkGGZ
– The Verge (@verge) November 22, 2019
The Cybertruck should be put on the market by the end of 2021 in the United States, and will come in three versions: the basic one for 39,900 dollars (36 thousand euros), one with a double electric motor for 49,900 dollars (45 thousand euros), and one with three engines for 69,900 dollars (63 thousand euros). The first variant has a range of 400 km, the second of 480 km, and the third of 800 km. The car will have 6 seats, air suspension able to adapt to the load and among the options there will be driving with autopilot, at an extra cost of 7 thousand dollars (6,700 euros). The car can be booked now with a deposit of 100 dollars or 100 euros.
Nobody expects the Cybertruck pic.twitter.com/khhYNFaVKs
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 22, 2019
