Ever since Tesla launched the Cybertruck late last year, the rugged stainless steel pickup has been subjected to numerous torture tests.
From tough towing or off-road challenges, to Armor Glass and even bullet penetration tests, the Cybertruck has seen it all.
While a lot of these are done with entertainment purposes in order to determine the limits of abuse that Tesla's "ultra-hard stainless-steel exoskeleton" can take, some are just accidental damage.
One of those has now bestowed upon the giant Cybertruck windshield, which, just like the windows, should be built of Armor Glass that "can resist the impact of a baseball at 70 mph or class 4 hail." It wasn't built to withstand a 240-pound person walking nonchalantly over it to prove the durability of the Cybertruck, though.
While waxing poetic how tough the electric pickup is during a meet of the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley Club, someone decided to prove it by simply walking over the windshield and the giant glass roof of the Cybertruck.
The roof survived, but the Cybertruck's windshield cracked under the pressure when he stepped on the area where the rearview mirror is. It doesn't become clear if this situation has been staged, but the cracking of the glass is rather audible.
The guy either didn't register that the windshield has cracked, or pretended nothing happened, and continued to walk across the roof to the Cybertruck's bed. In the beginning, he kept saying that this is the most American-made tough truck, and was showing a steel ball with the obvious intention to test the Armor Glass. He then decided to simply walk over it to prove the point instead, with a rather unfortunate result.
There have been a few examples of the Cybertruck's windshield cracking during a hailstorm, or when a skateboarder rolled over it before. Unlike the windows, the windshield has a huge flat surface that can visibly bend under pressure, and is hence more prone to cracking, Armor Glass or not.
The Cybertruck's windshield costs $1,900, according to Tesla's parts catalog, so the damage to the wallet of the owner would have been pretty substantial even without accounting for labor.