Buckminster
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SS will require less repair. FSD will reduce need for repair. Windshield is tough and at a shallow angle. Tesla insurance will be low cost.
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There's no basis for this.
All Teslas (even more specifically, all EVs) are more expensive to insure because repairs are much more expensive, the CT will be more so. And even if the window doesn't brake often, the cost is what will dictate the premium. FSD doesn't lower the insurance at all.
It doesn't crack though. Remember?
Of course, insurance companies may charge more because you're more likely to have folks try this to your truck in parking lots.
If the Windshield is very expensive to replace ins. companies will just raise premiums across the board for the Truck. If Tesla is using Alon for the Glass that stuff is expensive. The cost is around 10 to 15 dollars per square inch. If Tesla used the Glass for the Cybertruck I would be willing to bet that just the glass for the Truck would cost 20K
And these large frame casting pieces are beneficial for production etc. but could add insurance costs related to accident repairs.
From my experience, today's version of FSD increases risk of accidents. The FSD equivalent might be a bad driver playing chicken with traffic only to correct himself at the last second in order to declare himself a safe driver.
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Now if only Tesla got around to releasing CT pricing.
Lol. Yeah. I don’t think Elon has confirmed what material the front windshield is made out of… last I read was that it’ll be a traditional windshield and not some bulletproof whateverIt doesn't crack though. Remember?
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Of course, insurance companies may charge more because you're more likely to have folks try this to your truck in parking lots.
My guess is that they won’t use Alon given the very high costs and teslas propensity to cut costs for nice fat margins.
We don't have any historical data on SS repairs ... because no automaker has used SS since ... DeLorean?
Are stainless cars (finally) having their moment?
Rust-resisting stainless steel cars are back. Will they have better success than their predecessors?
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How so?
An over-hyped form of AP will simply total the cars in accidents?
That maybe a factor if you are expecting to be on the receiving end of gunfire. But most other objects come in on a ballistic trajectory, and a larger surface area of a huge CT windshield will simply be a larger target area.
And pigs will fly?
Every single part of CT exterior will be custom, not off-the-shelf, and not likely to be available outside of Tesla's opaque supply-chain. Especially the glass.
Substantial insurance premiums over all other EVs are the only logical outcome.
Here is the technology the next CT model could use...
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Buckminster
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First out of the factory:
I'm digging the black trim for some reason. Looks the same size and shape to me.
I'm digging the black trim for some reason. Looks the same size and shape to me.
Buckminster
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Buckminster
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Cybertruck may be LHD only. S/X sold in UK as LHD only now. Future variant could have no wheel.
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Buckminster
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https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1MYxNggYQmvKw?s=20
15 mins in, Omar thinks they will start with quad variant to not Osborne MY.
15 mins in, Omar thinks they will start with quad variant to not Osborne MY.
It's not bullet proof, it may have some level of bullet resistance, but most certainly not bullet proof.
There are different levels to bullet resistance which are rated by the caliber it can take and how any shots. Bulletproof vest came from video games and movies, they have a rating as well, but can still be penetrated by bullets.
Who knows if it will actually carry a BR level, but I doubt it. Thr stainless should absolutely be able to stop a few 9mm.
FastEddieB
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Which is why “bulletproof vest“ is a misnomer. The correct term is “body armor”.
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