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Elon Musk explains why the windows of the Cybertruck broke

2019-11-27T00:08:04.609Z


Elon Musk explained why the supposedly proof windows of all of the new Cybertruck broke during a demonstration.


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(CNN Business) - In a tweet over the weekend, Elon Musk explained why the supposedly proof windows of the new Cybertruck broke during a demonstration Thursday night.

Normally, it would not be surprising if a glass that has been hit with a steel sphere is broken, but Tesla workers made a long demonstration by dropping this type of elements by a long vertical axis on a piece of glass of the new window to Prove there was no effect. Then, when Tesla designer Franz von Holzhausen took the stage and threw a sphere into the window on the driver's side of the Cybertruck, the cracks appeared.

When von Holzhausen threw the ball into the back side window, the same thing happened. Musk spent the rest of the presentation standing in front of the Cybertruck with its two broken windows.

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On Sunday night, Musk offered an explanation. Shortly before von Holzhausen threw the steel sphere into the windows, he had hit the door of the truck with a large mallet. That was to demonstrate the strength of the vehicle body panels. But the impact of the blows from the mallet also slightly damaged the glass, Musk said.

"The impact of the hammer on the door cracked the base of the glass, so the steel ball did not bounce," Musk tweeted. “I should have hit the window with the steel sphere first and then hammer the door. For the next time …"

Yup. Sledgehammer impact on door cracked base of glass, which is why steel ball didn't bounce off. Should have done steel ball on window, * then * sledgehammer the door. Next time ...

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 25, 2019

Elon Musk during the presentation of the Cybertruck.

And, Musk also tweeted that that extra strong steel body explains something else about the Cybertruck: why it looks so strange.

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The body is made of a thick cold-rolled stainless steel, of the type used to build SpaceX rockets, said Musk (who is also CEO of SpaceX). It is not about thin, flexible and usual steel bodies. Automatic body panels are usually made with machines that can press the metal and mold it into complex shapes. But you can't do the same with Cybertruck steel, Musk said.

"The reason why Cybertruck is so flat is that you can't stamp ultra-hard 30X steel because it breaks the press," he tweeted.

Reason Cybertruck is so planar is that you can't stamp ultra-hard 30X steel, because it breaks the stamping press

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2019

And he continued in another tweet: "Even folding it requires a deep mark inside the curve, that's how the prototype was made."

Even bending it requires a deep score on inside of bend, which is how the prototype was made

- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2019

That resulted in the strange appearance of flat edges of the vehicle, which has inspired a series of creative comparisons on the internet. The Cybertruck has been compared to everything from a door stop or an old Apple Mouse to SpongeBob's character, Flats the Flounder, or a triangle on wheels.

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Source: cnnespanol

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