The Tesla cofounder unveiled the all-electric battery-powered Tesla Cybertruck in California, daring staff to hit the vehicle with sledgehammers and showing a video of it withstanding bullets shot from a 9mm gun. However, the demonstration of the vehicle’s indestructible windows did not appear to go entirely to plan after one assistant threw a steel ball bearing at the truck — only to see the armored glass shatter. “It didn’t go through,” said a clearly uncomfortable Musk, who was forced to push on through the remainder of the chaotic launch with the two smashed windows in full view. No date has been given for its release, but analysts said that it would not be ready before the end of 2021 at the earliest. Tesla dominates the global electric car market and has an especially firm grip on the US.
