2023-10-21 15:52:00
Tesla Cybertruck electric car spotted with bullet holes: Musk reveals why the car was shot at
When the Tesla cybertruck was introduced, they wanted to use a steel ball to show how safe the windows were – they broke. Now they shot at a vehicle – but apparently left the targets off.
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Tesla will soon begin delivering the Cybertruck – and more and more vehicles are being spotted in the USA. One of them has numerous bullet holes. And Elon Musk explained why.
A member of the “Silicon Valley Tesla Owners Club” was amazed when he recently saw one on the highway Cybertruck encountered. As if a sighting of the gigantic stainless steel truck wasn’t rare enough, this example had numerous bullet holes all over the driver’s side. The assumption: It must be a test car that was intentionally shot at.
And indeed: Shortly after the video was published, Elon Musk spoke up on X, formerly Twitter explained: “We emptied the entire drum magazine of a submachine gun into the driver’s door Al Capone style. No bullets entered the passenger compartment.” Musk did not provide any information about the distance of the shooter.
His supporters quickly rejoiced at the outcome of the shooting. “Tesla’s safety is unparalleled,” wrote one. “The Cybertruck should be the US president’s new vehicle,” says another. Successful advertising.
Tesla apparently did not fire a shot at the windows
Fred Lambert from “Electrek“It looks a little different. “It looks like they only shot at the steel parts of the body and not at the windows,” he notes. This test would have been quite interesting, because it was at the truck’s premiere the supposedly reinforced discs that gave way and broke after just one throw of a steel ball during a live demonstration.
It remains to be seen whether you should test fire from a submachine gun yourself. At least you could soon: After Musk presented the Cybertruck in 2019 and promised the first deliveries to customers for the end of 2021, the completion of the cars was delayed by around two years.
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At the end of November the time has finally come and Tesla will give the starting signal for the delivery of the Cybertrucks with a “delivery event”. According to Musk, the commercial vehicle is “the best Tesla product ever.”
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