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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
by gddvhy 7y ago
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.
- steve19 7y agoIt 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.
- clouddrover 7y agoMaybe. 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-cars.html 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-guard-revealed-with-vr10-protection/ 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.
- imtringued 7y agoWhen 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...
- chrisdirkis 7y agoWhat 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?
- eitland 7y agoIn case they had to change something at a late stage. If the videos were official they'd catch more negative press for it.