You might have forgotten Tesla's bullet-resistant claims surrounding the Cybertruck, but there are hints Tesla didn't let that one go.
's original 2019 launch, it was claimed that the skin would be made of the same stainless steel that is used by sister company SpaceX for its coming Starship spacecraft. That means 301 stainless steel and, in the Cybertruck, 3-mm thickness. Tesla at the time claimed this makes the truck bulletproof to 9 mm rounds but does not mention any armor rating certification, and now a user on X spotted a Cybertruck prototype on the highway with what appear to be bullet indentations all over it.
"Conventional auto glass is one of the hardest media to consistently defeat with handgun projectiles," Harrison added."I've shot windshields with 9 mm hollow points, which barely made it through to the other side, so simply adding another layer to the sandwich would probably stop them. It's the same approach taken to make bullet-resistant screens in banks—just keep adding thickness until you reach the level of protection needed.
What does Armormax use instead? When it's not using air-hardened steel, it's using its own Armormax synthetic fiber laminate, which can be five to seven times lighter than steel at the same level of ballistic protection.
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