Re:Something Changed at Tesla
by gddvhy on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:22PM
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And thus PR strategy may work. To give this truck's toughness credibility, they need to "leak" a few videos how this electric truck easily outperforms military Hummers in Utah mountains. In addition to that, they can shoot this truck with ak47 and say that thanks to its steel frame, none of the bullets went thru, while the supposedly tough Hummers and died pickups look like a cardboard target now. After this, the cybertrucks toughness will be undisputable.
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It can resist low powered 9mm bullets. It won't even come close to resisting a rifle round. So minimally more protection than any other vehicle.
Re:Something Changed at Tesla
by clouddrover on Thursday November 28, 2019 @12:46AM
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Maybe. BMW's new armored car is rated at Vehicle Resistance 6, which means it can withstand fire from an AK-47 among other things (such as lightly thrown metal balls):
https://www.bmw.com/en/innovation/armored-car-bulletproof-ca...
Mercedes does an armored car rated at VR10:
https://www.motor1.com/news/61225/mercedes-maybach-s600-guar...
So let's see what the Cybertruck's VR rating is in a couple of years.
Re:Something Changed at Tesla
by imtringued on Thursday November 28, 2019 @07:04AM
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When I'm thinking of armored vehicles I'm thinking of at least 7mm steel to protect against machine guns and even that is paper thin! I got taken down too many times in War Thunder...
Re:Something Changed at Tesla
by chrisdirkis on Thursday November 28, 2019 @12:34AM
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What would framing it as a "leak" do for Tesla, vs just doing those videos/tests as a branded marketing stunt? I'm not sure what the obfuscation gets Tesla. Like, oh no, we didn't intend you guys to see our truck being awesome?