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Because unless they have been outright lying in all of their specs, the entire body is made up of the same thick stainless steel that they have shown to be literally bulletproof.
It’s 4x as thick as current sheet metal used in other vehicles, and twice as thick as the steel bumpers used in old cars that didn’t have crumple zones.
That combined with the fact that they have stated that all of the strength and rigidity for the truck comes from the exoskeleton, that would preclude being able to crumple.
They have not made safety a priority in anything on this monstrosity. The windows are are all laminated and shatterproof, meaning you can’t break them to escape if there’s a fire or you end up underwater and the body is bulletproof meaning that it can’t be torn open with the jaws of life if you need to be extracted.
It’s a giant metal coffin.
Windows will shatter just like any other car window, and a jaws of life would pull apart that tin can no problem.
The side windows are laminated like a windshield. They are explicitly designed not to shatter.
They are just regular tempered glass. That might have been the BS they claimed at the original announcement, but that did not make it to the production version.
I don't know what the hell you've been reading, but they've never claimed the entire truck is solid stainless steel. Just the exterior panels.
they claimed that the exterior panels would be able to add to the rigidity and strength of the truck. Not that it was 100% rigid or that the exterior made up 100% of the structural strength.
The interior is still basically just a regular aluminum body like all their other cars.
What photos?
I'm not sure you should be talking about others sharing disinformation when the crash tests were only released 8 days ago.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a46011736/tesla-cybertruck-crash-test/
So when you said:
You meant "just look at the video that was released a little over a week ago?" Because it sure didn't look like that's what you meant.
Okay, let's see these photos then.
The first link is from September and the second from November. So I don't know where you're getting a year ago from.
Ah, so it's all from your incorrect assumptions about how materials work.