Its said that cars are “weaker” because they’re now made from a softer material proper to receive impact, thus providing safety to the driver. How will safety work with cybertruck’s 30x ‘ultrahard’ stainless steel when crashing?

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Its said that cars are “weaker” because they’re now made from a softer material proper to receive impact, thus providing safety to the driver. How will safety work with cybertruck’s 30x ‘ultrahard’ stainless steel when crashing?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Didn’t Elon Musk say it was almost bulletproof. To be like that it would need to be both tough and also hard. There’s probably something holding the plates together that crumples instead.