I feel like that’s probably the one thing a vehicle marketed as bullet-proof needs to be… like, actually bullet-proof.

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    The original design had a 3/16" stainless shell and some very special glass, especially the windshield. I know that the production model is just a similar-shaped cast aluminum Tesla frame with appliance-grade stainless sheets glued to it. It’s basically a different vehicle from what they showed off.

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      A youtube creator showed what the said was a production car being shot with various calibers, the .22 barely dented it and if I remember right it resisted everything up to .45. My issue with that is I’ve seen the body panels and seen people proving its just the same stainless that a refrigerator has, and about the thickness of any car door, and I put .22 rnds threw both of them many times.

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          I wanna try see a tesla trebuchet video. I should probably clarify; I mean I want to see a cyber truck launched by a huge trebuchet. Honestly that would be a terrifying weapon. As bad as diseased corpses being launched over castle walls, anyways.

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        There’s a jerryrigeverything video linked in the article. It barely holds up to a 9mm and falls to a .17.