The second window also fell down from the first door being hit and the first window being smashed. That's enough vibration to make the second window fall down especially that we see how easily the first window fell.
Temple of Ridicule Your missing the main point of the demonstration, throw that same ball at a regular plane of glass at another truck and will completely shatter and go through and potentially harm you. The glass that was shown broke, but didn’t go through and it still has proof of not breaking before the live demonstration.
@@escatel6889 Sure, just about anything is fixable. Thats not the point. Something considered "high tech" shouldn't require fixing something so basic when its brand new.
@@Janne-k- haha. Gasoline sniffer. Never heard that one. Actually I support electrics. Currently drive a Prius daily. One terrible thing about society is when people blindly support something and cant be critical of their own team. Thats dishonest and biased. One way to improve the world is by taking an honest look at everything. I will look critically, even at things I support. And especially looking critically at myself.
@@gistfilm This is now the official explanation Elon Musk gave on Joe Rogans podcast. The sledgehammer hit with such impact that not only the window dropped down a bit like it's designed to but possibly even slightly cracked the windows at the bottom, causing them to break when hit with the glass ball. However, every other glass would've shattered entirely, so this is still impressive.
@@treyvon8358 its not about not breaking its about, do not let bullet go through windows. if you knew the basic knowledge about bulletproof glasses you wouldnt say that.
HOT News ok but look, are you telling me if that man that threw that ball at your car window rn, you telling me it wouldn’t go straight through? even though it was cracked up bad, it held up 🤷♂️
5610winston only makes the car better. Now it not only serves as a car, but in the aftermath of an incident, it also serves as a coffin. I think this is a win win, saves funeral costs
MyOneBlack Friend Don’t all cars have safety glass? I watched documentaries explaining that the old car windows of the past would sometimes cut up people involved in car crashes.
No, he actually forgot that the window needs to be loose. If you look at the backstage video the window is loose and flexes when the ball hits allowing the glass not to break. On stage the window is all the way up and tight like a windshield and the laminate glass breaks like a tight windshield will.
Very strong point. I've also thought the same about the structural panels - what about crumple zones? If this thing hits a normal car it could cut right through it. Or if it hits an immovable object the passengers will get turned into jelly.
@@Kenmccarthy89 Good point. Security wise, people'd have to use a good amount of force to bang on the door and then also use force to break the window, both of which would very likely already alert people in the vicinity. But in an emergency this also comes in handy if you can't get the door open you would try banging it open but if that fails, it softens the glass so you can break it easier and get out.
You’re supposed to be able to break your side windows so you can get out if the doors are stuck shut. That’s why emergency seatbelt cutters have a side window breaking point on them. Electric doors, unbreakable windows... Sounds like a recipe for cooked people if that thing gets into an accident and starts fire from the battery shorting out.
OmegaEnvych how many hundreds of millions of gas cars have there been over the last 110 years and how many thousand electric cars over the last 5 to 8 years? That’s not even an apples to oranges comparison. That’s an apples to chicken wings comparison. 😂🤣😂 You got anymore juicy facts for us Mr. Wizard?
I feel the more the people explain how that glass broke, the more they’re ‘explaining’ for potential theft/attack scheme on how to actually break that glass.
my dude, it's glass. if you want to break it and get in, it's not stopping you. the point of this glass is probably to resist accidental knocks that would shatter regular glass, not theft prevention.
@@BC_Hunter something like the thief's fist or the thief's weapon to smash the window like the baseball bat, or a crowbar... Idk, but soon enough, we will see the cybertruck again in 2 years later, who knows how will they improve the car?
@Jasmin No, the video is dead wrong! The glass broke BECAUSE it was attached to the car. When the steel ball hits the glass, the glass tries to transfer the kinetic energy. But the car's steel frame is so much denser than the glass, so it exerts a large force on the glass when the glass tries to move. In some sense, the steel frame (not the steel ball) is what ultimately broke the glass. In prior tests, the glass wasn't actually installed to the car or any other surface and therefore the glass was able to move and bounce with the ball (transferring the energy), and therefore not break.
Good point but, if the truck isn't just buoyant because of design then there would have to be some sort of emergency flotation device that could malfunction and fail.
I wouldn’t call it “irrational fears”. As a Firefighter and Paramedic I actually think this is an excellent point to consider. Just a few weeks ago we had yet another vehicle in a canal which according to witnesses had the victim alive inside and unable to get out. Our response time is under 5 minutes but by the time we got to him it was too late and he eventually died as a result of drowning. This is not the first time I’ve seen this. I personally keep a glass breaking device handy inside my personal vehicles. Some have said in a pinch you can remove a vehicle’s headrest and strike the corner of the tempered glass with one of the metal posts at the bottom of the headrests, but never tried that so not sure how well it works. Nonetheless, if the Cybertruck’s glass is unbreakable from the inside, it had better float or be able to seal off any water intrusion until help arrives if you should so unfortunately find yourself mistakenly in a body of water neighboring the road you once traveled.
@chief wiggums yes it would have shattered I'm the same way... a way that's just like not shattering. As in a windshield ALSO wouldn't shatter, but it would have cracked in the same way. The glass is clearly superior to wind shield glass however... did you not see the drop tests? I've seen an excellent science informed explanation of why the glass broke on the truck but not the drop test. That's that the glass was well supported in the drop test, and usually it would be on the truck as well, but after the door was hit with the hammer, the window slipped a little from its frame a D wasn't supported at the top, education gave it more flex, which compromised its potential. But even then it succeeded far above what side window glass does in nearly all other cars. But that gives rise to another problem. Normal car side window glass greats like that by DESIGN. It's break away glass. It shatters in tiny pieces for the sake of safety. It can still cut you, but not deeply, and it's vital for vehicle rescues by cops or fire fighters. And seeing as that one guy got trapped in his tesla due to a software problem, an easy exit option through the window might be life or death even without a wreck.
But they _are_ making it up? :> Yeah I don't agree that the windows roll down. At 2:57 we see the door opens a little instead of window rolling down. Easy to notice when looking at around the door handle. But do I think the window thing was a complete failure? Nope. Not that serious honestly, as it's still clear it's hard protective glass compared to regular glass and the price of the car was damn low compared to other cars doing similar things. Like Hummers. (Which are admittedly much better looking however)
No. Someone: Me. Elon: You fix it. And if it fails again, then you are fired. But if it works properly you get a promotion ! Musk knows how to motivate people, and it's not through fear.
Wavetrex Infinity it even works in your job. I have had plenty of supervisors and the ones that were assholes would drive people away and nobody likes to work in that type of environment. Had this one younger supervisor about 3 years older than me. Really motivated his employees. Let it be known when the day went smooth and we killed it. Positive attitude played music we all liked. Definitely a difference in improvement and definitely room for it as well.
Brandon Pinder yes but throwing a metal ball is different than throwing a baseball or hitting it with a hammer because the metal ball is much heavier than a standard sized wooded baseball bat and the force is greater with the metal ball
They just told us how to get into a Tesla truck when they release them lol just smack the door with a sledgehammer a few times then throw something at the window 😂
Law of Conservation of Energy, states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy can only be transferred or changed from one form to another. Hope you understand Now.
@@DaManBearPig Perhaps it wasn't the same glass. The window was down doesn't really explain why it broke, however. Still, it's obviously tougher than regular glass.
@@ragnardanneskjold7259 the window being down DOES explain why it broke. An entire edge of that window was supported by NOTHING. It allowed for too much vibration and force wasn't evenly distributed.
What about an emergency when the window needs to be broken to get out it’s occupants? Unless your planning to drive your truck into war I don’t see the need.
Dude theres a special tool to shatter glass. At least in germany this tool is on every bus of publich transportation. Hit the window with this pointy metal tool and it will shatter to small pieces to prevent cutting yourself if you have to escape through the window. Pretty sure even this tesla "armored" glass will have a tool like that.
You think they would have tested it properly first before the failing demo. Especially at an unveiling event - probably indicates that they don’t want to waste money on quality checking the products beforehand in order to improve their margins.
@@prakharpratapsingh5188 Just saying there is a reason why he showed the back stage demo for "the windows going down" in slow mo and not on stage...hint slow the video down to .25 speed at 2:36.
@@prakharpratapsingh5188 doesnt matter.. it still doesn't serve the purpose.. someone who wants to break into the car will not necessarily try the window first and then the door..
@@prakharpratapsingh5188 There was no vibration going to the second one, check the video in slow motion and u see that only the first one vibrates. What will you do when driving the cybertruck and u go past bumps on the road? Are you going to expect windows losing their strength?
There is a theory going around that the back window was normal glass and was never supposed to be tested, but even if that is not the case, imagine sitting in a car and someone takes a sledgehammer to it, everyone in the car will feel it, the rear window does not have to fall down far in order to lose its support.
@@AdarshRajCR7 What the fuck are you idiots talking about?? It clearly looks like the windows came down a little. THAT'S IT. No need to go apeshit conspiracy theorist on this shit.
@@shubkale376 the angle which he hit the car using the sledge hammer did not have the full force the sledge hammer can inflict , maybe 3-4 kicks would be more than enough
Just saying there is a reason why he showed the back stage demo for "the windows going down" in slow mo and not on stage...hint slow the video down to .25 speed at 2:36.
@@anthonyjames4319 the vibration came from the sledgehammer hitting the door... You can clearly see it vibrates... And vibration travels, just because they didn't hit the back door doesn't mean that it didn't vibrate when they hit the front
In the clip where the window went down, this wasn't because it slid down due to the force, but because the door opened somehow due to the force, which obviously didn't happen on stage.
This is correct. It is the door opening that lowers the window. There is no movement in the demo for when the sledgehammer hits. I don't agree with the premise of this video. Sorry. Materials engineers have said it was due to microfractures due to previous testing. This makes more sense to me.
macgreiner they'd have to have hit the glass at the exact same spot multiple times for previous testing issues to make it fail that spectacularly. And if you go by what other bullet proof glass can withstand, they can take multiple gunshots at close range and still maintain integrity, even if it spiderwebs. This was just a guy throwing a steel ball like a kid just learning to throw. I'm thinking they knew from previous experience it breaks and still went with it hoping the actual demo would get lucky.
GeopioneerGSXR well. They showed a video where they shot at the stuff the body panel was made of so there's that claim. Making a truck body bullet proof without making the glass bullet proof is just plain stupid. 🤷♂️
yeah but you can buy a junk truck under 10k that will last you 10+ years still, You will be hard pressed to find this Tesla truck under $80k. Still waiting for the 35k Model 3 Elon promised us😂 Only ones optioned to $75k are available
bilcosby official the window broke because they hit the door with the sledgehammer first and it must’ve cracked the window slightly. So a slight crack made the glass give out
Huh, so that explains the sudden wave of comments saying we are "wrong", whereas this video was published a day after the Cybertruck event before the actual explanation. We were pretty close.
@sayarath The explanation in the video is wrong. The glass broke BECAUSE it was attached to the car. When the steel ball hits the glass, the glass tries to transfer the kinetic energy. But the car's frame is so much denser than the glass, so it exerts a large force on the glass when it tries to move. In some sense, the steel frame (not the steel ball) is what ultimately broke the glass. In prior tests, the glass wasn't properly attached to the car or any other surface and therefore the glass was able to move and bounce with the ball (transferring the energy), and therefore not break.
I have ZERO ZERO ZERO problems with Tesla. In fact I'm fascinated by the company. That being said, the only people listening to this video and resting this up are morons. Franz (or whatever his name is) BARELY hit the door with both strikes. He put nowhere NEAR as much force into the strikes on the vehicle as he did when he got the white door. It's almost comical good he tried to sell the hammer strike. Next if the windows did infact come down because of those WEAK strikes, then a good hip bump will make one of those vehicles as good as stolen. A smart person simply NEVER beats on glass holding up to a direct impact. Point blank PEEIOD.
Vibrations travel across all surfaces especially if they are made of the same material it could pass to the other side and break the base for the other window
So, a thief needs to bring to things: a sledgehammer to get the window down a little bit. And then a steel ball to smash the "bullet-proof" window. Interesting.
IMHO the window dropped down during the backstage test due to the door opening. As you can see the blue towel moved pushed by the door opening. The windows always drop down just an inch when you open the doors in all Tesla models.
Yeah I'm not buying this guys explanation. It makes more sense for it to have been a marketing ploy. And if it wasn't a marketing ploy, it should have been. My girlfriend isn't into cars or tech in any way shape or form, yet even she knew about the glass breaking at the demo.
Tesla cars are soo safe, this function should hardly be needed. The reinforced glass will protect the occupants more from flying debris, than in the case that it rolls upside down or gets crushed. In the unlikely event that a super heavy truck falls on it, almost every other vehicle would have been crushed to the point that the driver is mashed potato, But most of the time I'm willing to bet that its cold rolled steel frame will be able to stand the punishment, plus it has a triangle, so its invincible.
@@Tyhros Nothing is invincible, everyone or thing has its weakness. Problem with this design is that in case of an heavy accident your body will take the full blow because the truck has no crumble zone. I still love the ugly beast though 😁👍
The window looks like it lowers itself. Is it suppose to? Why would hitting the door with a hammer lower the windows unless it’s by design? Either it’s not well made, and the windows fell, OR it was designed this way and it was a MAJOR oversight in their live window test.
It broke because they’d been throwing crap at it all day. Also it still didn’t go through the window. You throw that ball at any regular window it’d go through!
It didnt go through because the window has plastic fli over it like the windshields, not because of its own strength. Once glass shatters it shatters, it only held up because of the plastic film.
@@mr_biscuit which they're supposed to be for rescue reasons. I really like to see what the Crash Tests on this Tesla Truck are gonna be. Everyone who knows basic Physics or is a Firefighter/Policeman/Medic or being the possible other part of an accident with this car, will see this Truck as a complete mess from what we know rn.
also the trunk crumbels wtf why would u think otherwise :D the front is disconnected by the side panels ... its really not that difficult lol. its probably the safest of any tesla on the road. and therefore the safest car if no other car comes out thats safer then the m3 by then
I gave you a video a thumbs up because you explained it well, but I would never buy an electric car. I went to Atlanta this week for Thanksgiving. It would take me a whole week to get there in an electric car. People don't realize how long it really takes to charge an electric car. It took me 12 hours with my fine working gasoline car. Filled up the tank in 5-10 minutes every time, imagine that!
But you know... 1.That car is made for off road, that is lot of vibration -that can move that windows even more and faster 2.if someone is shooting/throwing something to you car, he will not hit only the glass, he can hit at the same place like that hammer... So how can call this armor glass? It is just updated gorilla glass like on your phone, he can sell that to Apple for the new iPhone otherwise it is useless 😀 because you will newer have perfect condition to make it work properly. I don't even think that better lock system ot sensors, that will check and adjust tightness of the windows from all sides will be 100% fix of this problem. Even if that sensor will work, in is all abou micromilimeres... After some time it will be decabrated= It will not work and you will not find that out until it is late ...
You are correct and he threw that ball like a 4 year old girl. Total BS and so what if the window was down a little, then the glass is SHIT because people drive with the window open a little ALL THE TIME, so a rock is going to shatter my window because I had it open a couple of inches? F that.
It's not even a sledgehammer. Apparently it's a deadblow hammer which has a rubber coated head, and a hollow head with lead shot or something similar inside it, in order to deliver the impact over a longer period and IIRC it's also supposed to assist in ensuring the head hits square to the surface. You can see he deliberately twists the hammer on the normal truck door hit so that these features of the hammer do not work properly, and the door is dented. For the tesla door, he hits it normally with no twisting. Just nice, square hits.
diannafiredal anyone who has used a sledgehammer a lot can see he pulls out of a full hit , you will never drive a peg in or break concrete hitting like that , my gran hits harder than him
Im glad to see I wasn't the only one to notice he was going easy on the door, and yes that is a dead blow hammer they are hollow and filled with tiny metal pellets.
Also...... One thing..... That..... How did the other second glass got broked......cause..... The hammer was hammered twice..... On only the first door....... And not at the second door...... Than...... How the last glass got broked even....?? 🤔
correct ..I think the car thought it was in a crash ..alot of other cars opens the locks of doors automatically, disable the alarm and deploys airbags ,and some even drop the windows so you can get out if the door jams which can be the case alot of times in a severe crash, so when that happens with the ball on the windows I wonder did it think it was in crash mode or something either way I think it was shit ah really poor flaw , thats how asshole car thieves rob cars when they truly can't open the doors easily ..they set up that sequence by smacking the bumper really hard
I haven't even seen the demo aside from this video, but I'd like to point out that I'm fairly sure that hammer is not a sledge, but a rubber deadblow mallet. huge difference. Deadblows are literally designed to spread the kinetic energy out over a larger surface area and longer time frame to reduce the likelihood of breaking objects. We use them religiously in Landscaping for adjusting blocks.
You're right. The explanation in this video is wrong. Glass are more resistant if they are not constraint at their extremities. Always keep your window slightly open if someone might want to break it. I think the explanation is somewhere in the seals. In the repetition the window moved a lot. On stage I don't see any movement.
Fred fred - Yeah. The ball went INTO the glass. The glass didn’t break at a pressure point somewhere else from leverage so this video is very stupid. I want to know why the windows are falling. If it’s by design, then they would have seen this coming anyway. If it’s not by design, then the windows are VERY poorly constructed. People slam their doors multiple times a day and the windows shouldn’t be lowering like that from vibration.
Ben Herbivore , The amount of bullshit that people are prepared to swallow is indeed the biggest elephant in the room. My Vehicle is from 2005, l slam the doors l can’t recall how many times a day, and the glass is closed where it’s supposed to be. The reason l know this is that l double check at night to make sure that no rain gets in, and they are always tight. Which is a better marketing ploy? Failure of glass or Impact resistant everything vehicle ? I would think the latter will have tens of millions of view by the next morning.
If that was the case, most cars would have broken windows, specially considering that their kind of glass is made to shatter. If you are referring to a hit to the door first and then a big impact on the glass, well, i don't think the door hitting bug will be there when it's released. In any case, impacts this big aren't common in day to day life.
alright so in the 80's cyberpunk dystopia this thing was clearly designed for, the glass will keep you nice and safe UNLESS someone bangs on your door first
You would have just preferred a10 second video of him saying "the reason the window broke was because it was down slightly ok guys thanks see you next video"
Dude it's exactly.. Opposite what you trying to say.. They where not tightening.. But instead loosing it .. It's simple if the tesla strong glass are tighten up its capacity is at it's least cause there is already pressure on it.. And if glass is lossed then the capacity of glass is at it's most... 🤷♂
What’s funny is jerry was in the crowd, and he said that right before they threw the ball at the window. He has his own video on his channel if you want to watch it.
karma tam ya I agree. I find it hard to believe that the windows fell down. The exterior looked like it absorbed the shock EXTREMELY well. Not only that but he only hit the drivers side door. The drivers side door looked like it absorbed the impact so well that the shock couldn’t have penetrated to the passengers side door and cause the window to fall down.
Does it seem strange to anyone besides me that Tesla would have on hand, at the presentation, the replacement glass setting there ready to be installed?
Mumbling E I suppose it is suspicious. But if you have seen the behind the scenes sort of videos they had multiple parts. Because the car isn’t finalised they make adjustments.
And, to be honest, we WANT glad on a car to be breakable. It's a safety issue. If someone is trapped that need to be able to be extracted. I really hope the jaws of life will still work on that truck, too
