Tesla provides behind-the-scenes have a look at Cybertruck bullet check

“Hey, I want all people to filter,” appears like good recommendation for a check wherein a brand new automobile faces a hail of bullets.

The brand new automobile was Tesla’s Cybertruck, which was delivered to the primary patrons by CEO Elon Musk at a particular occasion at Gigafactory Texas on Thursday.

The 30-minute presentation featured Musk hyping up Tesla’s totally electrical pickup, together with a number of brief movies exhibiting off varied points of the brand new automobile.

On the lookout for a spectacular method to spotlight the toughness of the Cybertruck’s exterior, Tesla turned to firearms specialists to shoot a load of bullets into the aspect of the pickup.

In a while Thursday, Tesla shared a video (under) on social media providing a behind-the-scenes have a look at how they carried out the bullet check. Beneath the video is the ultimate 30-second phase that Tesla included in Thursday’s stay stream.

Tesla began off with a Tommy gun earlier than shifting onto a Glock, an MP5SD submachine gun, and a shotgun.

Taking a detailed have a look at the harm, it’s the shotgun (not included within the presentation video) that triggered probably the most hassle, with a double hit on a single spot inflicting the window (down on the time and subsequently behind the door) to crack, although the shot didn’t seem to achieve the within of the automobile.

Total, the outside held up nicely, struggling largely influence craters and little extra.

When requested a few years in the past in regards to the level of getting bulletproof glass on a pickup truck, Musk responded in his distinctive manner, saying: “As a result of it’s badass and tremendous cool.”

Should you missed Thursday’s Cybertruck supply occasion and wish to test it out, right here’s easy methods to watch a replay.

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